Museum of Soviet Toys in Tula
The museum features toys from the pre-revolutionary period to the 1990s, with over 1300 exhibits, including dolls, soft toys, and many other items from that era. The museum's exhibition aims to recreate a complete pictur…
Church of St. Vladimir the Equal-to-the-Apostles at Tulamashzavod
In the mid-2000s, the management of AK "Tulamashzavod" decided to build an Orthodox church on the company's premises. The initiative to create an Orthodox center at the factory emerged back in 2000 thanks to the workers.…
Church of Saints Flora and Lavra in Tula
The church dedicated to Saints Flora and Lavra is mentioned as early as the beginning of the 17th century. Initially, it was wooden and had an altar in honor of Saints Cosmas and Damian. The church was located in a settl…
The Church of Elijah the Prophet in Tula
The Ilyinsky Church is first mentioned in the land books of 1627 and 1628 as a wooden temple. It had altars in honor of Saints Boris and Gleb and the Great Martyr Catherine. In 1739, the construction of a new stone churc…
The Assumption Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Tula
The first mention of the Assumption Church in Pavshinskaya Sloboda is found in a decree from Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich, issued in 1624 to the Tula siege head Ivan Vasilyevich Zybin. In the document, it is referred to as "…
Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Rzhavets, Tula
In ancient times, the area where the temple is located was marshy, and the Rzhavets River flowed nearby. Over time, the river dried up, the soil was drained, and in the 17th century, the Church of Nicholas the Wonderwork…
Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Tula
The wooden church dedicated to the holy apostles Peter and Paul is mentioned in the "Census Book of the Tula Posad of 1624 and 1685," published by I. P. Sakharov. According to local residents' accounts recorded in the 19…
Cathedral of Saint Alexius of Moscow
The Cathedral of Saint Alexius of Moscow is an Orthodox cathedral of the Tashkent and Uzbekistan diocese of the Central Asian Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. It was…
The Arsenal of Ivan the Terrible
Several years ago, during the construction of a bypass road near Zvenigorod, the work approached the former village of Ignatievskoye. The village itself had long since disappeared, with only an old cemetery as a reminder…
Alexander Nevsky Church in Tula
The Alexander Nevsky Church in Tula was built in 1886 and became the first in the city constructed in the Russian-Byzantine style, which replaced the previously dominant classicism. The church had four small decorative d…
