By Air

On the northern outskirts of the city is the airport.The airport is Klokovo, 1993 passenger flights out of it are not met, the airfield is used only as a military.

By Train

Tula is a major railway junction with trains to Moscow, Orel, Kursk and Kaluga.Diverge from the city railway to Moscow, Orel, Kaluga, Uzlovaya, Kozelsk.Prior to 1996 acted Tula Likhvin narrow-gauge railway .In Tula, there are two railway stations - Moscow and Ryazhskiy.Pass through the town highway Moscow - Simferopol (transit cars go on the bypass road) and Kaluga - Ryazan.

By Road

The Moscow to Simpheropol M2 motorway runs past the city. City transport is presented by trams, trolleybuses, buses and marshrutkas.

By Bus

Tula trams, trolleybuses and 14 of 26 bus routes are operated by "Tulgorelectrotrans" (Tula city electrotransport company), other 12 bus routes are operated by "Tulaavtotrans" (Tula automobile transport company).

The Tula Kremlin, Tula State Museum of Weapons, Tula samovars Museum, Tula Drama Theatre, Tula Regional Theatre

The Tula Kremlin

a stone fortress in the center of Tula, the monument of the XVI century.In 1503, the sovereign Grand Duke John V. was in possession of a third of the Ryazan city, including Tulu.Since that time, will forever remain the property of Tula, Moscow autocratic state.To secure way to Moscow in connection with the increasing military threats from the Crimean Horde, Vasily III in 1507 was ordered in Tula (leaving the old fort at the river Tulitse) to lay down on the left bank of the river Upa oak castle ( fort ).The wooden frame has an elongated form a semicircle. Fort was armed with a German and Moscow's musket and cannon, was completed in 1509 and stood for 231 years.In 1514, the oak inside the fortress, after the example of Moscow Kremlin, Vasily III commanded to lay the "stone city", built in 1520 ( 1521 ) year.In the second half of the XVI century, around the stone Kremlin appeared pasad prison - a wooden fortress guarded ten times the size of the stone Kremlin.This area was then abroad in Tula.

Tula State Museum of Weapons

the oldest museum of weapons in Russia , one of the main attractions of Tula .In 1959 the museum was moved to the center of Tula , as the number of exhibits was very high and could not be located at the plant. In subsequent years the museum has continued to grow. There was a need in the new building. In late 1970 -s building of the former Cathedral of the Epiphany in the Tula Kremlin was transferred arms factory. By decision of the museum staff all the exhibits of weapons, it was decided to place in it. May 18 1989 after the restoration of the building and placement of the collection the museum has been opened.Many exhibits are rare monuments which have no analogues in the world's museums. The significance of the museum is also confirmed by the highest awards at shows in Philadelphia in 1876 and the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900.The museum has a large collection of weapons, created by S. Mosin , aircraft machine guns and cannon, small arms and cannons, Eastern weapons, firearms Western Europe and many other rare artifacts.

Tula samovars Museum

a museum in Tula, which contains a large collection of samples of samovars XVIII-XX centuries.The museum opened in 1990 in a two-story building, built in 1910-1911 by architect V. Sirotkin at Mendeleev Street near the walls of the Tula Kremlin.The main museum for ekpozitsii have a large collection of samovars collected over many years, the museum association Tula Oblast historical, architectural and literary museum (which has a branch and a museum of samovars) and a collection of departmental museum of samovars Tula factory "stamp" them. Vannikova (former Tula Cartridge Works), which was collected and exhibited on the premises from 1960.The exhibits are arranged in three halls, each of which tells about the different stages in the history and manufacture of samovars.

Tula Drama Theatre

Theatre History begins in 1777 when on the occasion of the introduction of Tula to the rank of provincial center was shown the first show, "So it should." In 1787 the Empress Theatre visited Catherine II . In 1970 it built a new theater building in which it is located so far. Architects - A. Krasilnikov, A. Popov, V. Shulrihter. Monument "The Muses" on the facade is made ​​of metal A. Vasnetsov Vasnetsov with I. and D. Shakhovskoi.In 1995 the theater was awarded the title "Academic".In 2000 the theater became a theatrical winner of the contest "Window to Russia". September 9, 2008 in front of the main entrance to the theater renovated park was opened with an abundance of fountains.

Tula Regional Theatre

Tula Regional Youth Theatre was established on the basis of the Theatre of Working Youth in Tula in 1931. The first troupe includes dancers A. Alekseev, B. Bacevich, Larin, N. Melioransky, O. Ostrovskaya, A. Pilch, Matveev, V. Trofimov, and others. First artistic director of the theater became an actor and director of the Tula Drama Theatre Vladimir Istomin-Castro. In 1936 the theater was transferred to the building of the former Public House Imperial arms factories outside of the Comintern.During the Great Patriotic War, the theater served in military units and hospitals. In 1947, for the first time in Soviet Tula TUZ staged on the novel by Alexander Fadeyev "Young Guard".

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