Tula Region (Russia)

Tulhskaâ oblasth

Last modified: 2007-10-06 by antónio martins
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Тульская область

• Presentation of Tula Region
• Description of the flag
• Coat of arms

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Presentation of Tula Region

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• Name (english): Tula Region • (russian): Тульская область | Tulhskaâ oblasth
  
• Capital: Тула | Tula
• Area: 25 700 km² (≅9 900 sq.mi.) • Population: 1 721 800 inhabitants in 2000
• Status: Region (область | oblasth) within the Russian Federation
• Federal District: Central Region • Economic region: Center (central European Russia)
• License plate code: 71 • Ham radio code: TL • ISO 3166-2 code: TUL
• Flag adopted on 2005.11.24 • Coat of arms adopted on unkn. date

Description of the flag

According to Geraldika.RU, a flag was adopted on 2005.11.24. It is a banner of the arms.
Dirk Schönberger, 10 Dec 2005, and António Martins, 30 Sep 2007

Coat of arms

Tula’s coat-of-arms shows [tools] forming an asterisk (all three of them are white), one golden hammer above them and one below, the background is red.
Val Sinitsin, 03 Jul 2000

Description in the regulations of city as of on 8 March 1778:

in the red field, on two silver blades in the shape of a St Andrew cross, a silver gun stem; above and below two gold hammers; all this symbolizes the arms factory located in the city.

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