The Tula Kremlin

The Tula Kremlin an exceptional landmark of Russian protection engineering of the XVI century. Based on the most vital bearing of the Crimean-Tatar strikes - the Muravsky Shlyach, it guarded the southern fringes of the Russian state for a few centuries, it was the principle connection of the acclaimed Great Zasechnaya Line.

The historical backdrop of the Tula Kremlin started in 1507, when by request of Grand Duke Vasily III in Tula they started to fabricate a "stone city" - the Tula fortification.

Development endured thirteen years and finished in 1520. Amid its reality, the Tula Kremlin never offered up to the fore.

In 1552 under the dividers of the Kremlin vanquished the troops of the Crimean Khan Devlet-Giray, which, in numerous regards, guaranteed the achievement of Tsar Ivan the Terrible's acclaimed crusade to Kazan.