You may be confused by the large volume of the book and the huge amount of varied information. Don't be embarrassed. This is not a novel and it is not necessary to read it straight from cover to cover. But! The first two chapters are devoted to events 460 and 200 years ago: the Defense of Tula in 1552 and the participation of Tula and the Tula people in the Patriotic War of 1812. You will find brief descriptions of the lives of 24 Tula generals who took part in that war. Many documents were published for the first time. The third chapter contains documents preserved in the Moscow RGADA archive with family censuses of Tula residents in the 16th–18th centuries, as well as the names of those who guarded Tula and the approaches to it from enemies. Find your last name or your friends in the Name Index and see who they were and what they did in those distant times. Find out the history of your family. The descriptions of the city of Tula are very interesting - the estimates that were drawn up when one governor transferred the city to another, a kind of acceptance certificate. They describe in great detail the buildings and fortifications of Tula, their weapons, and ammunition reserves. At the end of the book there is an article about my 4th school in Tula. I will be very glad if, having looked at this book, you close it with the conviction that you need to more carefully and carefully study the history of your native land, your family. This knowledge will help you become better, better raise your children, make your life more interesting and rich. The book is intended for historians, local historians and a wide range of readers.