Tula has all of the features of the Russian Golden Ring cities of Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Uglich, and others. It is a middle-sized city, known as a historic, cultural, and scientific center.

Tula is one of the oldest Russian-heritage cities. It is famous for its samovars, Russian pots, and Tulsky pryanik, or gingerbread, a traditional Russian cookie, as well as for being a major defense-industry city.

Tula Region is the place where Leo Tolstoy, Great Russian author, whose novels are known worldwide, was born and lived. The atmosphere in his Yasnaya Polyana Estate strikes Tolstoy’s admirers.