Tulsky (; , ''Edžərqoeẑ'') is a rural locality (a settlement) and the

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Maykopsky District Maykopsky District (; ) is an administrativeLaw #171 and a municipalLaw #283 district (raion), one of the list of administrative and municipal divisions of the Republic of Adygea, seven in the Republic of Adygea, Russia. It is located in the south ...

in the

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, located on the right bank of the Belaya River (

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) south of

Maykop Maykop is the capital city of Adygea, Russia, located on the right bank of the Belaya River. It borders Maykopsky District, from which it is administratively and municipally independent, to the east and south; Giaginsky District to the north, ...

. Population: 10,502 ( 2002 Census);

History

Urban-type settlement status was granted to then-''

stanitsa A stanitsa or stanitza ( ; ), also spelled stanycia ( ) or stanica ( ), was a historical administrative unit of a Cossack host, a type of Cossack polity that existed in the Russian Empire. Etymology The Russian word is the diminutive of the word ...

'' of Tulskaya () in 1963 in anticipation of the settlement's industrial growth.Regnum.ru
Рабочий поселок в Адыгее стремится вернуться из "города" в "село"
In April 2011, a referendum was planned to decide whether Tulsky should be demoted to a rural locality—a move that would allow the population to receive some benefits from the social programs specific to rural areas, as well as to lower the utility costs. The results were in favor, and by the Law of November 2, 2011 Tulsky was formally demoted to rural status.

Culture

There is a museum of local history in the settlement. Tulsky hosted the 15th Regional Festival of

Cossack The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic Eastern Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia. Cossacks played an important role in defending the southern borders of Ukraine and Rus ...

culture in 2006."В Адыгее завершился XV Региональный фестиваль казачьей культуры", Rusk.ru

References

External links

Official website of Zhernoklev Spouses Museum of Local History of Tulsky
Rural localities in Maykopsky District {{Adygea-geo-stub