Tula (Rashanci: Тула, IPA: [ˈtulə]) birni ne mafi girma kuma cibiyar gudanarwar Tula Oblast a cikin Rasha, mai tazarar kilomita 193 (120 mi) kudu da Moscow. Tula yana cikin Arewacin Tsakiyar Rasha ta Tsakiya a kan gabar kogin Upa, wani yanki na Oka. A ƙidayar jama'a ta 2010, Tula tana da yawan jama'a 501,169, haɓaka daga 481,216 a cikin 2002, wanda ya sa ta zama birni na 32 mafi girma a Rasha ta yawan jama'a.
Babban birni na masana'antu, Tula wani sansanin soja ne a kan iyakar Masarautar Ryazan. Ivan Bolotnikov ya kwace birnin a lokacin Masifu kuma ya yi tsayin daka na tsawon watanni hudu da sojojin Tsar suka yi.[1] A tarihi, Tula ta kasance babbar cibiyar kera makamai. Iyalin Demidov sun gina masana'antar kera makamai ta farko a Rasha a cikin birni, a cikin abin da zai zama Tula Arms Plant, wanda har yanzu yana aiki har yau.
Tula gida ne ga tashar jirgin sama na Klokovo, Jami'ar Jihar Tula, Tula Kremlin, Tula State Museum of Weapons, da Kazanskaya Embankment. Tula yana da alaƙar tarihi tare da samovar, kwandon ƙarfe da ake amfani da shi don zafi da tafasa ruwa; birnin ya kasance babbar cibiyar samar da samovar na Rasha. Yasnaya Polyana, tsohon gidan marubuci Leo Tolstoy, yana kilomita 12 (mita 7.5) kudu maso yammacin Tula. Bugu da ƙari, Tula sananne ne don buguwar gingerbread (pryanik), wanda aka yi a Tula tun ƙarni na 17.[2]
↑ "Gingerbread Tula | Tula, Russia Activities". Lonely Planet. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
↑ Е. М. Поспелов. "Географические названия мира". Москва: Русские словари, 1998, pg. 423: "The earliest etymologies derived the place name from Russian dialectal tulá 'hidden, unreachable place'... The pre-Russian origin of the name of the river and town is no longer doubted [Maiorova 1985].... Since the name of the river Upa is certainly Baltic..., its tributary *Tula [the presumed earlier form of Tulitsa] may also be of Baltic origin, which is supported by a series of parallels in Lithuanian toponymy: the river Tule, the Tulis swamp, the Tulyte field, the meadow Tulejos, the valley Tulija, etc. [Vanagas, 1981]; the meaning of these toponyms is not entirely clear...."