Tarusa
Tarusa () is a town and the administrative center of Tarussky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River, northeast of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
Key facts
- Russian town.en_name
- Tarusa
- Russian town.ru_name
- Таруса
- Russian town.image_skyline
- Таруса.jpg
- Russian town.image_caption
- Tarusa central square
- Russian town.map_label_position
- left
- Russian town.image_coa
- Tarusa COA (2020).png
- Russian town.federal_subject
- Kaluga Oblast
- Russian town.adm_district_jur
- Tarussky District
- Russian town.adm_ctr_of
- Tarussky District
- Russian town.inhabloc_cat
- Town
- Russian town.mun_district_jur
- Tarussky Municipal District
- Russian town.urban_settlement_jur
- Tarusa Urban Settlement
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- Etymology
- History
- Administrative and municipal status
- Culture
- Economy
- Cemeteries
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Tarusa () is a town and the administrative center of Tarussky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Oka River, northeast of Kaluga, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
==Etymology== The name is from that of the Tarusa River, a tributary of the Oka; Tar- is a hydronym base characteristic of regions of ancient Baltic settlement. According to a popular belief, the name derives from Tarusa's geohistorical position as a border town to the adjoining realm of Lithuania situated on the bank of the Oka. Questions about travelers' whereabouts from the other bank were answered with the answer To—Rus!, meaning "that is Russia," eventually becoming the name of the town.
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