Monuments of Tula

In Tula, there are many diverse monuments, both to great figures and events. Since Tula has always been a city famous for its weapons, a hero city, there are many monuments dedicated to Tula craftsmen, as well as soldiers and events of the Great Patriotic War .

Below is a list of monuments and memorials of the city of Tula, including lost ( italics ) and not including architectural and natural monuments.

Character	Year of installation	Location	Authors (sculptors; architects)	Photo	Notes
Peter I	1912	st. Sovetskaya, in front of the building of the Tula arms factory	sculptor Robert Bach		The monument was erected on the territory of the plant, but in 1962 it was transferred to the square in front of the factory’s management building and became available for viewing to everyone.
Lev Tolstoy	1973	Lenin Avenue, opposite the IFF Likerka Loft	V. I. Buyakin		The opening was timed to the 145th anniversary of the birth of Leo Tolstoy
Monument to Tula - Heroes of the Soviet Union	1967	square between houses No. 61 and 63 on Lenin Ave.	sculptor: S. S. Semenov, architects: N. I. Gromov and P. M. Zaitsev
Left handed	2010s	st. Sovetskaya, near Tulamashzavod OJSC
Vsevolod Rudnev	1956	Admiral Rudnev Square	architect - A. Ya. Koltsov, sculptor - I. G. Onishchenko		It is a protected cultural heritage site of federal significance.
Katyusha	1990s	st. Proletarskaya, next to the Rio shopping center
Prince Vladimir		st. Mosin, on the territory of the church of St. Vladimir
Vladimir Lenin		pl. Lenin
Tail	2008	84 Lenin Ave., in front of the building number 2 TulSU	architect - Gubanov		The memorial sign is made in the form of a dragon figurine with a book in its front legs, which does not have a part of the tail. The figure is mounted on a cylindrical pedestal with the inscription "HvoStovNET." That is, this object symbolizes the absence of student debts, colloquially called "tails."
Sergey Yesenin	1995	CPKiO them. P.P. Belousova	sculptor A. Bichukov, architect P. M. Zaitsev		Established in honor of the centenary of the poet, who often visited Tula and loved Belousovsky Park.
Vincent Veresaev	1958	at the entrance to Central Park from the side of Pervomaiskaya street	architects - G. I. Gavrilov, E. I. Kutyrev , sculptors - A. S. Rabin, T. R. Polyakova		It is a protected cultural heritage site of federal significance.
Alexander Pushkin	1899	Lenin Avenue, Pushkin Square	sculptor Robert Bach		The oldest monument in Tula, erected on May 27, 1899 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the poet. A bronze sculpture in the form of a bust, cast at the St. Petersburg factory of K. A. Berto. Initially, it was located on the other side of Kievan street (pr. That. Lenin), on the territory of the current square in front of the drama theater, which was called Pushkin. In 1950, due to the construction of the Tsentralny movie theater, the Pushkin Garden was significantly reduced in size, and in 1970, due to the construction of the theater, the old Pushkin Garden was liquidated, the bust was transferred across the road to Gogolevsky Square, which became known as Pushkinsky. In 1999, Pushkin's bust was cleaned of perennial layers of paint.
To the heroic defenders of Tula in 1941	1968	pl. Victory			It is established in memory of 45 days and nights of defense of the city of Tula during the Great Patriotic War with the Eternal Flame.
Sergey Mosin	1958	st. Metalworkers, square in front of the Armory	architect - A. A. Zavarzin, sculptor V. Mukhina		It is a protected cultural heritage site of federal significance.
Nikita Demidov	1996	st. October, near the St. Nicholas Church .	architect - P. M. Zaitsev, sculptor - A. I. Chernopyatov.		As part of the celebration, the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Demidov metallurgical plant, the 400th anniversary of the Tula state-owned arms production, and 340 years since the birth of Nikita Demidov were established.
Labor and Defense	1935	pl. Chelyuskintsev (now Krestovozdvizhenskaya square)	sculptors S. Popov, M. Listopad		It was installed on the site of the destroyed Holy Cross Church . The sculptural composition initially consisted of 5 figures. The pedestal with the Red Army was simultaneously a tribune and was decorated with a bas-relief on the theme of peaceful labor of Soviet citizens. It was adorned with a quote from Stalin: “We stand for peace and defend the cause of peace. But we are not afraid of threats and are ready to respond with a blow to the blow of the arsonists of the war . ” The monument was a unique example of socialist realism and, apparently, had no analogues in the country. For a long time he was one of the symbols of Tula. However, made of fragile materials, the monument quickly collapsed. First, one of the figures disappeared, and by the mid-1950s there were 4 of them: a Red Army soldier with a rifle, a girl with a raised hand, a student with a globe, and a pioneer with a horn. The soldier stood until 1989, when he was dismantled.
Ivan Pavlov	c. 1950	st. Pervomayskaya, near the main entrance to the Vanykinsky hospital			Many Tula residents believed that N. A. Semashko was imprinted in a plaster figure. There was also an opinion that the figure depicts the great Russian surgeon N.I. Pirogov . The monument had an exact portrait resemblance to the famous Tula surgeon Vladimir Fedorovich Dagaev (1872-1958), who was also personified with the monument. All speculation arose because there was no sign indicating the identity of the person sitting in the chair. By the mid-2000s, the monument created from gypsum was very dilapidated. Previously, cosmetic repairs were done at the expense of the hospital itself, although it was not on the balance sheet of this institution. The hospital did not have to restore the monument, as well as to repair its own buildings. In connection with this, in 2003 the monument was dismantled, and a parking lot appeared in its place.
Memorial "Defenders of the Sky of the Fatherland"	2015	pos. Burners			It is located at the entrance to the city of Tula from the Zarechye area in the Moscow highway area and was elevated to the 71st anniversary of the victory over fascism in World War II .
Vasily Petrovich Gryazev	2019	microdistrict Zelenstroy-2, st. Designer Gryazev	author - Honored Architect E.V. Erzovsky; architect L. I. Kopylovsky		The sculptural composition to the designer of automatic artillery and small arms, the honorary citizen of Tula and the Tula region, the winner of two USSR State Prizes, the Hero of Socialist Labor Vasily Petrovich Gryazev is a bronze monument with a bas-relief: in the upper part there is a shield (a heraldic symbol that embodies the theme of defense) in the center - a portrait of V. P. Gryazev, at the base - a composition of weapons and banners, lowered as a sign of worship and appreciation [1] .