Russian TULA

On the scopes of our country by the speechless witnesses of the past centuries were preserved the barrows, fortifications. Here lived vyatichi. They cultivated the earth/ground, were occupied by craft, trade. Possibly, Tula even in IX-XI centuries was one of the fastened/strengthened settlings of proud and free tribe. Not without reason in the cadastres it is noted, that with the fall of the creek Of tulitsy into Upa river is " old fortification ". The first concrete/specific date, which testifies about existence of Tula, relates to XII century. Describing the military actions of 1146, Nikonovskaya chronicle reports that the prince Chernigov "Svyatoslav Olegovich went into Ryazan, and after being in Mchenske, both in Tula and in the oakling on to the Don... " True, now some historians voice doubt about the authenticity of this date. But more convincing proof than Nikonovskaya chronicle, was there Tula in the distant time, are not found now. It must be solved by excavations of old fortification or some yet not open manuscript sources. However, name " Tula ", apparently, is closely related to the creek Of tulitsey. Vladimir Ivanovich Dal', well-known linguist and writer of XIX century, interpreted the word of Tula as the " concealed/latent, inaccessible place, for the protection ". And it believes into this. Because to be shielded for vyaticham it was actually necessary frequently: from khazar and from the princes - Kiev, Chernigov, Ryazansk, and it is later from the hordes Of batyya, which destroyed many Russian cities and settling. Obviously, and the same lot understood Tula. But it did not disappear in the hard times, but again it rose. It is known that in 1343-1357 by it " own by baskaki " the representatives of the khans. After 1380, when in the great battle in Kulikov field, 130 kilometers southeast of Tula, Moscow prince Dmitriy's army completely broke Mamaya, the authority of horde became only formal, and even in the century Russia generally was freed from it, and Tula became part of united Russian state forever.

Based on materials V.A. Ashurkov