Editing Tula, Russia (section)

==Etymology==
The name of the city is likely  pre-Russian, probably of Baltic origin.<ref>Е. М. Поспелов. "Географические названия мира". Москва: Русские словари, 1998, pg. 423: "The earliest etymologies derived the place name from Russian dialectal ''tulá'' 'hidden, unreachable place'... The pre-Russian origin of the name of the river and town is no longer doubted [Maiorova 1985].... Since the name of the river Upa is certainly Baltic..., its tributary *Tula [the presumed earlier form of Tulitsa] may also be of Baltic origin, which is supported by a series of parallels in Lithuanian toponymy: the river Tule, the Tulis swamp, the Tulyte field, the meadow Tulejos, the valley Tulija, etc. [Vanagas, 1981]; the meaning of these toponyms is not entirely clear...."</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://vedictime.com/ru/library/rashi/tula | title=VedicTime: Тула }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.historyworlds.ru/tula.html | title=Тула-один из сакрально-потаённых центров на русской карте }}</ref>