Uglich
| city, district center
Russia /
Jaroslavl /
Uglich /
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/ Jaroslavl
/ Uglich
, 2 km from center (Углич)
World / Russia / Yaroslavl'
city, district center
Uglich (russian: Углич) is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, on the Volga River. Population: 34,507 (2010 Census).
A local tradition dates the town's origin back to 937. It was first documented in 1148 as Ugliche Pole (Corner Field). The town's name is thought to allude to the turn the Volga makes nearby.
The most famous event in the town's history took place on May 15, 1591 when the 10-year old boy, youngest son of Ivan the Terrible - Dimitry, was found dead with his throat cut in the palace courtyard. Suspicion immediately fell on the tsar's chief advisor, Boris Godunov. Official investigators concluded however that prince Dimitriy's death was an accident.
A local tradition dates the town's origin back to 937. It was first documented in 1148 as Ugliche Pole (Corner Field). The town's name is thought to allude to the turn the Volga makes nearby.
The most famous event in the town's history took place on May 15, 1591 when the 10-year old boy, youngest son of Ivan the Terrible - Dimitry, was found dead with his throat cut in the palace courtyard. Suspicion immediately fell on the tsar's chief advisor, Boris Godunov. Official investigators concluded however that prince Dimitriy's death was an accident.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uglich
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 57°31'20"N 38°18'39"E
- Nizhny Novgorod 340 km
- Petrozavodsk 542 km
- Saint Petersburg 594 km
- Arkhangelsk 814 km
- Espoo (City) 852 km
- Kangasala 928 km
- Tampere 956 km
- Ylöjärvi 974 km
- Alavus centre 1004 km
- Sastamala 1005 km
- Uglich Restoraton Ogranization
- ulitsa Lenina, 38 0.2 km
- Fevralskaya ulitsa, 35 0.2 km
- ulitsa Lenina, 57 0.4 km
- ulitsa Lenina, 54 0.5 km
- ulitsa Lenina, 56 0.5 km
- ulitsa Lenina, 75 0.6 km
- Leninskoye shosse, 2/14 0.7 km
- Leninskoye shosse, 4 0.8 km
- Teacher Park 0.9 km