Tula is not only the capital of weapons and gingerbread. Historically, it was also a merchant and trading city. The sale of antique brands such as gingerbread, weapons, harmonicas and samovars was on a par with the trade in bread and other agricultural goods. From time immemorial, there has been a lively commercial activity on Khlebnaya Square, where the Central Market is now located, in the Old Shopping malls, on the site of the current Krestovozdvizhenskaya Square, in the New shopping malls, where the military prosecutor's office is now, and in many other places. In Soviet times, even more new markets appeared: at the Sites of Katyusha, Khoper, Shukhov and Metallurgov. With the advent of new times, the administration began to "relocate" vendors from the bazaars to the shopping and entertainment centers in Tula that were fashionable at that time.
The first building of this format in the City of Masters was the Intercity shopping Center. It was built in 2002 on the site of a gas station next to the Moscow railway station. But Tula residents consider the Paradise shopping center to be the very first, modern, and even entertaining one, which appeared right in the city center in 2004. Until the Gostiny Dvor was built across the street, representatives of informal youth, emo and Goths, liked to gather right at the main entrance to Paradise. After that, in 2010, the residents of the Proletarian district got their own shopping center. It was the RIO shopping center, built on the site of the Katusha Market. So every year new shopping malls appeared in Tula, which were better and larger than the previous ones.
The addresses, description, location on the map, phone numbers of the administration and much more can be found on this page of the portal visittula.com .
