Tula region is one of the most famous regions in Russia. For more than one century, he is famous for his gingerbread cookies, samovars, as well as the production of weapons. No less interesting are the cities of the Tula region. They will be discussed in this article.
Cities of the Tula region: list, population, interesting facts
Tula region is an amazing region. And he is famous not only for gingerbread but for samovars. It was here that the legendary master Lefty lived, shoeing a flea. Somewhere in the vast expanses of the region, a battle took place on the Kulikovo field, during which the Mongol-Tatar army was defeated.
Tula region is located in the central part of the country and is the southern neighbor of the Moscow region. The transport network here is excellently developed. In the cities of this region, relatively low unemployment is observed; the criminal situation is also quite favorable. Nevertheless, people from cities of the Tula region leave more than come to them. Positive dynamics in population growth is observed in only three of them. Perhaps this is due to the proximity of the capital?
In total, there are 19 cities in the Tula region. The largest of them is Tula (488 thousand inhabitants). But the town of Chekalin is one of the most sparsely populated in all of Russia. It is home to a little less than a thousand people. Next - all the cities of the Tula region in decreasing order of their population:
- Tula.
- Novomoskovsk.
- Donskoy.
- Alexin.
- Shchekino.
- Nodal
- Efremov.
- Bogoroditsk.
- Kimovsk.
- Kireevsk.
- Suvorov.
- Yasnogorsk.
- Plavsk.
- Venev.
- Belev.
- Bolokhovo.
- Sticky.
- Soviet.
- Chekalin.
The cities of Tula and Novomoskovsk form one large agglomeration, the population of which is more than one million people. Another interesting demographic feature of the Tula region: men are much fewer than women (only 44 percent).
The oldest city in the region is Tula (founded in 1146), the youngest is Sovetsk (founded in 1949). The most comfortable in the region is Novomoskovsk. At the same time, this city has an extremely difficult environmental situation.
Efremov
Efremov is a small city in the extreme south of the Tula region. Its history is typical for cities of European Russia. It arose in the middle of the XVII century as a fortified city. In 1874, the railway connecting Eula and Tula passed through Efremov. This event entailed the rapid development of the village as a commercial and industrial center.
The city of Efremov in the Tula region may be of interest to tourists. Indeed, 45 kilometers to the north-west is the historical site of Kulikovo Field - a place where in 1380 the army of Dmitry Donskoy defeated the armada of the Golden Horde. In the city itself, you can also visit the Ivan Bunin Museum - a beautiful one-story house in which the Nobel Prize winner lived and worked for a while.
Donskoy
The city of the Don Tula region is the third most populated in the region, located 60 kilometers from Tula. It arose in 1773, and at the end of the 19th century brown coal deposits began to be developed here, which had already been depleted by the 1960s. However, the city did not turn into a depressive one. Today, the former mining capital of the region produces furniture, quality shoes and electrical equipment.
The famous city of the Don Tula region and the oldest museum in the region, which is located in the historical part of the city. In the vicinity of Donskoy, Catherine II founded the Bobrika estate at the end of the 18th century. A wonderful park and the old Spasskaya Church of 1778 have been preserved from it.
"Golden City" (Tula region)
In the north-eastern part of the region is the small town of Venev. Several temples of the 18th-19th centuries have been preserved here. However, the more popular attraction is located 20 kilometers south, near the village of Sergievo. This is the so-called "Golden City" - a tourist complex created to transfer its visitors far east, to the Celestial Empire.
In the "Golden City" you can see Chinese palaces with tea rooms. The complex operates a hotel with a wide selection of rooms (from standards to luxury), a spa, restaurants serving exotic exotic dishes.
