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Tula (Russian: Тула, IPA:) is the largest city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast in Russia, located 193 kilometers (120 mi) south of Moscow. Tula is located in the northern Central Russian Upland on the banks of the Upa River, a tributary of the Oka.
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic [b] (Russian SFSR or RSFSR), previously known as the Russian Soviet Republic [8] and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, [9] and unofficially as Soviet Russia, [10] was an independent federal socialist state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest and most populous constituent ...
In 1976, the Soviet city of Tula joined an elite group of nine other Soviet communities designated as “Hero Cities.” The designation was an official recognition of the courage of Tula’s defenders and of their efforts in stopping the Germans during World War II.
Tula, city and administrative centre of Tula oblast (region), western Russia. It lies along the Upa River, which is a tributary of the Oka River. First mentioned in 1146 as Taydula, Tula became the principal stronghold on the southern approaches to Moscow in the 16th century and the centre of a.
Jun 10, 2015 · Tula, once the greatest iron and metal works centre of Eastern Europe, is renowned across Russia for being the place from which Russian armaments, from blades and muskets to Kalashnikov assault...
Sep 14, 2024 · Tula, oblast (region), western Russia, in the Central Russian Upland. The oblast’s rolling hills, which are much dissected by river valleys and erosion gullies, are covered by both fertile and poor soils, but the natural vegetation of mixed forest or forest-steppe has in large part been cleared for.
Abstract. The memory of the Great Patriotic War was one of the fundamental forces of political and societal integration in the Soviet Union. It has largely retained this towering status in...
