Tarusa
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Tarusa (Russian: Тару́са) is a town in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. It is located on the left bank of the Oka River, 36 km north of Serpukhov and 76 km northeast of Kaluga. Population: 9,893 (2002 Census).
The town of Tarusa is known to have existed since 1246, when it was the capital of one of the Upper Principalities. Later, the local rulers moved their seats to Meshchovsk and Boryatino, and Tarusa was subjugated by Muscovy in the late 14th century. Tarusa has been used as a stronghold at the southern approaches to Moscow in the 15th-17th centuries. The Soviet authority in Tarusa was established on December 27, 1917. The town was occupied by the Germans between October 24 and December 19, 1941.
A number of famous Russian people attracted by inspirational beauty of the place used to live and create in Tarusa, such as painter Viktor Borisov-Musatov, poet and writer Marina Tsvetaeva, crystallograph Georgi Wolf, writer Konstantin Paustovsky, sculptor Vasili Vatagin, painters Nikolai Krymov and Vasili Baksheyev and others. Vasily Polenov's museum is located not far from Tarusa.
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| Administrative center: Kaluga Balabanovo | Borovsk | Kirov | Kondrovo | Kozelsk | Lyudinovo | Maloyaroslavets | Medyn | Meshchovsk | Mosalsk | Obninsk | Sosensky | Spas-Demensk | Sukhinichi | Tarusa | Yukhnov | Zhizdra | Zhukov |
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