Tula - the homeland of Russian arms, a samovar and gingerbread. / Тула, тульские бренды.
Tula — a city in Russia, administrative center of Tula region and the city district the city of Tula. Tula - Hero city (c 1976).Tula is located North of the Central Russian upland on the Bank of the Upa river 180 km South of Moscow. The city stretches from North to South — 30 km, from West to East and 25 km from
According to the results held in 2014 the all-Russian competition on a rank the Most comfortable urban (rural) settlement of Russia Tula took third place in the category Urban settlements (urban districts), are the administrative centers (capitals) of constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The first mention of Tula in the Nikon chronicle dates to 1146 year, but even earlier mentions of the settlement old town at the confluence of the Tulitsa river in Upa river, whose name became the name of the city.
Located on the territory of the city cultural heritage represent a great value and are an integral part of world cultural heritage. On the territory of Tula there are more than 300 objects of cultural heritage: monuments of architecture and urban planning, history, monumental art works, archaeological. Tula is a large industrial, scientific and cultural center, an important railway junction, with the number of living 485 930. (2016), within the boundaries of the urban district 551 642 people (2016). Population density — 3432 persons per 1 km2. Polycentric Tula-Novomoskovsk agglomeration has a population of about 1 million people. The territory of the city intersect, or run adjacent to important strategic roads of Federal significance: Moscow — Crimea, Kaluga — Tula — Mikhailov — Ryazan, and a major railway line Moscow — Donbass, Tula — Kozelsk, connecting Tula with other Russian regions and countries near and far abroad. From city there are railway to Moscow, Orel, Kaluga, Uzlovaya, Kozelsk.