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TULA , a See also:town of See also:Russia, See also:capital of the See also:government of the same name, 120 M. by See also:rail S. of See also:Moscow, in the broad but See also:low, marshy and unhealthy valley of the Upa. Pop. (1882), 63,500; (1901), 109,352. It is an old town of Old Russia, but its growth began only towards the end of the 18th See also:century after the manufacture of arms had commenced. The See also:chief See also:branch of See also:industry is the making of rifles; next in importance comes the manufacture of samovars (See also:tea-urns). Tula is an episcopal see of the Orthodox See also:Greek See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church. The public buildings include two cathedrals and an See also:industrial museum.
The town is first mentioned in 1147; but its former site seems to have been higher up the Tulitsa.Its wooden fort was replaced in 1514–1521 by a See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone kreml, or citadel, which still exists. See also:Tsar Boris Godunov founded a See also:gun factory here in 1595, and in 1632 a Dutchman, Winius, established an See also:iron foundry. Tsar See also:Michael See also:Alexis and See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter the See also:Great, especially the last-named,
took great See also:interest in the gun factories, and large establishments so much prized.
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