Tula
Tula is the largest city and the administrative center of Tula Oblast in Russia, located 193 kilometers (120 mi) south of Moscow.

Tula 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. At the 2010 census, Tula had a population of 501,169, an increase from 481,216 in 2002, making it the 32nd-largest city in Russia by population.
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Worth seeing in and around Tula
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Arsenal Stadium
The Arsenal Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Tula, Russia. It is used mostly for FC Arsenal Tula football matches.
3 km · stadium in Russia · Wikipedia - 02Tula State University
Tula State University is the largest state university in Tula, Central Russia. Since May 2006, its rector is Mikhail Gryazev, professor, doctor of technical sciences.
4.2 km · university · Wikipedia - 03
- 04Nicholas-Zaretsky Church
The Nicholas-Zaretsky Church is a church in Tula in Russia. It contains the family vault of the Demidov family of industrialists.
600 m · church in Tula, Russia · Wikipedia - 05Tula State Academic Dramatic Gorky Theatre
Tula Academic Theatre is a theatre in Tula, Russia, principally associated with the production of plays. Established in 1777 and operating on its present site since 1970.
1.3 km · theatre in Tula, Russia · Wikipedia - 06Hermitage Municipal Theatre
The Hermitage Municipal Theatre is the only Municipal Theatre in Tula, Russia.
5.8 km · theatre in Tula, Russia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tula
- Airports
- Domodedovo (DME), 136 km · Zhukovsky (ZIA), 154 km · Vnukovo (VKO), 156 km
- Stations
- Tula-I Kurskaya (Moscow terminal), 2.5 km · Klokovo, 4.1 km
- Moscow → Tula173 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · ₽670–890
- Tunoshna → Tula404 km · quickest by road, 8h 19m · ₽1,710–2,280
- Nizhny Novgorod → Tula469 km · quickest by road, 10h 30m · ₽2,220–2,950
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tula
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