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Town in Naro-Fominsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Protva River 113 kilometers (70 mi) southwest of Moscow. Population: 5,368 (2010 Census).
It was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1371. During the following century, Vereya was the seat of the tiny Vereya Principality, ruled by a lateral branch of the Muscovite Rurikids. The last prince of Vereya was married to Sophia Palaiologina's Greek niece. He escaped to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and married his daughter Sophia to Stanislovas Goštautas.
It was first mentioned in a chronicle in 1371. During the following century, Vereya was the seat of the tiny Vereya Principality, ruled by a lateral branch of the Muscovite Rurikids. The last prince of Vereya was married to Sophia Palaiologina's Greek niece. He escaped to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and married his daughter Sophia to Stanislovas Goštautas.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vereya,_Naro-Fominsky_District,_Moscow_Oblast
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 55°20'44"N 36°11'22"E
- Moscow 84 km
- Domodedovo 95 km
- Tula 143 km
- Ryazan 221 km
- Bryansk 254 km
- Lipetsk 365 km
- Kursk 391 km
- Voronezh 427 km
- Stary Oskol 454 km
- Kharkiv 583 km
- Old bridge post 0.1 km
- Hillfort of Vereya 0.2 km
- Дом наследников купцов Жукова и Стрепихеева 0.5 km
- Naro-Fominsky district 21 km