Tula

Tula, an ancient and important manufacturing town of central Russia, capital of a government on the Upa, an affluent of the Oka, 110 miles S. of Moscow by rail. Its churches, its arsenal, museum, and government offices, and the ancient Kremlin are the principal buildings. The principal industries are in iron and steel goods, especially the firearms of the great imperial gun-factory or private workshops. The Russian army is largely supplied with muskets and small-arms from the works of this town. Cutlery, locks, samovars or tea-urns, mathematical instruments, harmoniums, and bells are made; the Niello-work (q.v.) of Tula is famous; and dyeing, soapmaking, &c. occupy many of the (1895) 86,670 inhabitants.