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 used to live and create in Tarusa, such as Painter Viktor Borisov-Musatov , 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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