The western and northern parts of the region are covered with deciduous forests. The eastern and southern parts of the region are part of the forest-steppe zone. The region stretches 200 km from north to south, and 190 km from east to west. It is located in the area of ​​the Moscow Region Corner Pool. According to experts, half of the coal reserves of this deposit are located within the region.

In addition to coal, the region mines:

• peat;
• iron and strontium ores;
• limestone.

The region has large reserves of clay, sand and gypsum. The region has a well-developed river network. The main rivers of the region are the Oka and Don. On the satellite map of the Tula region, 1682 rivers can be counted. Their total length is 11 thousand km.

Transport links, roads and routes

The region has a well-developed road network. Federal highways pass through its territory:

• M2 "Crimea";
• M4 "Don";
• M6 "Caspian".

The total length of motor roads in the region is 6670 km. The length of the railway in the region is 1884 km. The region's river network has access to the shipping network of the European part of the country. The main navigable river in the region is the Oka. There are two airports in the region -

Cities and districts of the Tula region

The region is divided into 22 districts. It has 174 municipalities. 109 rural and 38 urban-type settlements are marked on the map of the Tula region with districts. Among the largest cities in the Tula region:

• Tula. Regional center. The population is over 485 thousand people.
• Novomoskovsk. The city has a well-developed chemical and food industry. The population exceeds 125.6 thousand people.
• Donskoy. Coal mining center in the region. The population is more than 63.8 thousand people.

The population density of the region is 58.1 people / sq. km.

Aleksinsky district, Belevsky district, Bogoroditsky district, Venevsky district, Epifansky district, Efremovsky district, Kashirsky district, Krapivinsky district, Novosilsky district, Odoevsky district, Tula district, Chernsky district.

Topographic maps

00. A set of materials on topographic maps of the Tula region.

0. Plans of the General Survey of the end of the XVIII century. Scale in 1 inch - 1 verst (1cm - 420m)

Scale: 1 versts in inch (in 1 cm - 420 m)

Year of topographic survey: 1785 - 1792

Description:

Aleksinsky district,
Chernsky district,
Kashirsky district. (There is an interesting milestone map for kashirka, about the 18th century.)
Scale - 1 verst in 1 inch (1 cm - 420 m).

1. Plans of the General Survey of the end of the XVIII century. Scale in 1 inch - 2 versts (1cm - 420m)

Scale: 2 versts in inch (in 1 cm - 840 m)

Year of topographic survey: 1785 - 1792

Description:

The maps are detailed, not topographic, these are the very first detailed maps in the history of cartography, the relief is perfectly reproduced on the plans, small objects, villages, villages, farms are drawn, mills, graveyards, etc. are marked, these are the best maps for finding coins and relics ...
The following counties of this province are available:
Aleksinsky district (2 parts), Belevsky district (2 parts), Bogoroditsky district (3 parts), Venevsky district (3 parts), Epifan district (2 parts), Efremovsky district (3 parts), Kashirsky district (1 part), Krapivensky district (2 parts), Novosilsky district (2 parts), Odoevsky district (2 parts), Tula district (2 parts), Chernsky district (1 part)

3. Map of the Tula province from the atlas of 1827.

Year of topographic survey: 1843 g.

Description:

The maps are not very detailed, they are well suited for historians, ethnographers and treasure hunters to determine the boundaries of counties. large villages and churches are indicated. Colored map from the atlas of 32 provinces, map attachment: the coat of arms of the province. Sample card.

5. Military topographic map of the Tula province. 1890 g.

Year of topographic survey: 1890

Scale: 3 versts in inch - (1 cm - 1260 m).

Description:

Military topographic map of Kaluga province. 1865. One of the best and favorite maps of search engines. It displays all the smallest details: villages, farms, inns, taverns, wells, small roads, etc. Fragment of the map.
Scale: 3 versts in inch - (1 cm - 1260 m). Collective sheet.

6. Topographic map of Tula province I.А. Strelbitsky 1865-1871

Year of topographic survey: 1865-1871

Scale: 10 versts in 1: 420,000 inches (in 1 cm - 4.2 km).

Description:

This map contains currently disappeared settlements, farms, villages and villages, all roads, inns, inns, springs and wells, as well as mosques and churches are marked, one of the best maps for a cop.
Tula province includes sheets - 58, 59. Fragment of the map. Collective sheet.

7. Map of the German Army 1941 - 1942.

Year of topographic survey: 1941 - 1942

Scale: 1:100 000

Description:

Topographic map of the German army 1941 - 1942
Includes districts of Moscow, Kaluga and Tula regions.
The quality is average, but you can read the map.
German positions are plotted on the map.
Collective sheet.

Year of topographic survey: 1925 - 1945

Scale: 1:100 000

Description:

Topographic maps of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army 1925-1945
The positions of our troops and enemy troops (units, combat positions) are plotted on the map.
Detailed maps with all villages and farmsteads (including those destroyed during the Second World War), mills, ferries, churches, factories and other small objects.
A total of 31 sheets, the entire area is completely covered. Collective sheet.

9. Map of the Kulikovo field. 1928 of the year.

11. Map of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army 1935 - 1937.

Year of topographic survey: 1935 - 1937

Scale: 1:500 000

Description:

Topographic maps of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army 1935 - 1937
The positions of the owls are plotted on the map. troops and troops of germany, the situation 1941-42. (headquarters, dugouts, firing points, military equipment, combat positions).
Maps with villages and farmsteads (including those destroyed during the war), bridges, crossings, churches, factories and other small objects, the list of objects is described in detail in the legend to the map.
Data sheet The map covers the entire baltic states, northern, central and southern Europe. Volume - 4.5 GB (one DVD disc)
Map Fragments - Fragment 1 Fragment 2 Fragment 3 Fragment 4
General view of one of the map plans.

Year of topographic survey: 1941 - 1943

Scale: from 1:10 000 (1 cm - 100 m)

Description:

A large selection of plans, maps and diagrams for the Tula region, with a detailed indication of German positions, trenches, dugouts, even warehouses and much more, detailed German plans of cities in Russia, with a plotted German situation in the city and regions, military documents.
Example of plans and and more
The plans indicate the rear facilities, warehouses, blockhouses, trenches, bunkers, dugouts, minefields and much more. Examples of legends of individual plans and
The scales are different, from 1: 10000.
More than 100 documents in total.
The set also includes operational maps of the Wehrmacht.

Year of topographic survey: 1941-1942

Scale: 1: 250,000 (2.5 km in 1 cm.)

Description:

1955 U.S. Army maps. The maps are perfectly detailed, all settlements are indicated, including the destroyed villages and villages during the Great Patriotic War, all roads, military units and military bases, railways and stations. Although the scale is not very detailed, it allows you to accurately determine the location of the disappeared village. The maps are created on the basis of captured military maps of the 1941-42 years of the Red Army.
The map covers the entire central part of Russia

The mining settlement Krasnitsky was founded in the 30s of the XX century, and towards the end of the 40s the construction of houses began, in which people still live. In the 90s, everyone began to leave here en masse. In the 2000s, about 300 people lived here. Now there are no more than 60 people. The village has an abandoned House of Culture, a kindergarten. The most curious thing is that some of the abandoned houses remained unharmed, as if they left there quite recently.

Chelyustino village, Belevsky district, Tula region. Abandoned around 1985 - no more recent newspapers have been found. Consists of 24 houses. The state of preservation is amazing, there are even wardrobes with clothes inside. There are no traces of human presence - it is destroyed by itself, only under the influence of time and weather.

On the last maps it is already marked as non-residential. Judging by the ruins of a solid brick house with masonry "in the vault", at one time far from poor people lived. The rest of the picture, as elsewhere, is a human-sized nettle and ruins taken away by summer residents.

Extinct in the last century. Above the most beautiful shores of the Cherepetka, there are the skeletons of Russian stoves and crumbling houses, partially taken away for building materials by the ubiquitous summer residents. In the middle of the last century, the village had over 100 inhabitants.

One of the most picturesque places in the Tula region is the source of the Sturgeon. In the past century, there was a village of fifty houses. Recognized as unpromising and became extinct. A huge pond with fish turned into a swamp with leeches, houses and households. buildings are traditionally taken away for building materials by summer residents and still living neighboring villages.

The date of foundation is not known exactly, but the village of Glubokoe (now the village of Glubokovsky) is marked on the map of Likhvinsky district in 1874. There is also a mention of the Prophet Elias Church built in 1800, once located in the village. With the opening of "Mine No. 4" to provide low-grade coal to GRES-19 in 1939, the population of the village increased sharply and in 1948 the village was renamed "Workers' settlement Glubokovsky". By 1970, the mine was closed, and ...