Abstract:

In the book «Biographical materials to the Tula historical and cultural encyclopedia (author: M. V. Mayorov) tells about the famous Tula. Attention is drawn to additional and new information. Great attention is paid to the «academic Humanities». At the same time, the book contains many interesting details on the «gun theme». The topic is important for Tula, which is called «town of the gunsmiths».

Keywords: Tula, Tula arms plant, history, memories, Alexander, Weigel, Demidov, Zhikharev, Zybin, Mordovtsev