Тула в 1960-х / Tula in the 1960s

Тула
в 1960-х

Tula
in the 1960s

Музыка:
Поющие фонтаны - Давид Тухманов

Music:
Singing fountains by David Tukmanov

Tula is an industrial city and administrative centre of Tula Oblast. Lying on the banks of the River Upa, the city is located some 193 km (120 mi) south of Moscow.
In the Middle Ages, Tula was a minor fortress at the border of the Principality of Ryazan. When it became part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, a Kremlin (fortress) was built between 1514-1521 and became a key fortification of the Great Abatis Belt; the chain of fortifications, crested by the Duchy and later Imperial Russia to protect the lands from the Tartar hordes....
In 1712, Tula was visited by Peter the Great, who commissioned blacksmiths to build the first armament factory in Russia.
The city grew rapidly in the early 20th century as a result of arms production for the 1905 Russo-Japanese War and World War I. Tula's factories also manufactured weapons for the Red Army during the Russian Civil War of 1918–1921. During the Great Patriotic War, the city became an important centre for the production of armaments. As a result the city became a target of the Nazi offensive to break Soviet resistance between Friday, October 24 and December 5, 1941.
The heavily fortified city held out, however, and Guderian's Second Panzer Army was stopped near Tula. The city secured the southern flank during the Battle of Moscow and the subsequent counter-offensive. Tula was awarded the title Hero City in 1976.
Photographs from pastvu

Видео Тула в 1960-х / Tula in the 1960s канала Nigel Fowler Sutton