1) Tula, city, Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Tula region, N central European Russia, on the Upa River, a tributary of the Oka. It is an important rail and highway hub and a manufacturing city of the Moscow industrial...
2) Tula, ancient city, Mexico. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The city is believed to be Tollan, the legendary Toltec capital mentioned in a number of postconquest sources, including Bernardino de Sahagun's Historia General...
3) Yasnaya Polyana. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...European Russia, just S of Tula. It was the birthplace and residence of Leo Tolstoy, who is buried at his estate there. The writer's home was looted during German...
4) Don, river, Russia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Don is linked by a canal (c.65 mi/105 m long), with the Volga River near Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad). The annual flood of the river is controlled by the Tsimlyansk...
5) Moscow Basin. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Moscow Basin, lignite basin, c.200 mi (320 km) long and 50 mi (80 km) wide, central European Russia, S of Moscow. Tula is the chief city of the region. Low-grade...
6) Tolstoy, Leo, Count. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoi (lyef), 1828-1910, Russian novelist and philosopher, considered one of the world's greatest writers. 1 Early LifeOf a noble family, Tolstoy...
7) Kulikovo, battle of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Grand Duke Dmitri Donskoi of Moscow over Khan Mamai of the Golden Horde. The battle was fought on a plain by the Don near the present village of Kurkino, Russia,...
8) Toltec. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The name in Nahuatl means "master builders." The Toltec formed a warrior aristocracy that gained ascendancy in the Valley of Mexico c.A.D. 900 after the fall of Teotihuacan....
9) Quetzalcoatl. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The name is also that of a Toltec ruler, who is credited with the discovery of corn, the arts, science, and the calendar. It is unclear whether the ruler took his...
10) Tezcatlipoca. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Identified with the night sky, the moon, and the stars, and associated with the forces of evil and destruction, Tezcatlipoca shared dominion over humanity with Quetzalcoatl,...
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