Place details
Place nameTula
Other namesTaydula
CountryRossiya
Latitude54.183
Longitude37.633
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Located on Upa River; main stronghold against Tatars 16th cen.; developed into nation's largest ironworking city in 17th cen. & site of its first armament factory 1712; site of a 16th-cen. stone citadel & a weapons museum; writer Leo Tolstoy buried here.