Uglich
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Uglich is a historic town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River. Population: 34,507; 38,260; 39,975.
Uglich River port
The Monastery of St. Alexis (1620s)
Church of Tsarevich Dmitry on the Blood (1692)
The Bogoyavlensky Monastery
Dmitry of Uglich
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Dmitry Ivanovich was the youngest son of Russian tsar Ivan the Terrible. He was the tsarevich for close to seven years of his half-brother Feodor I's reign. After his death, he was impersonated by a n
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…16th century, Uglich prospered both politically and economically, but thereafter its fortunes began to decline. After Ivan's death, his youngest son Dmitry Ivanovich was banished to Uglich in 1584. The most well-known event in the town's history took place on May 15, 1591, when the 10-year-old boy was found dead…
Tsarevich Dmitry by Mikhail Nesterov (1899)
Saint Dmitriy icon
Depiction of Dmitry's death by Pavel Pleshanov
Palace in Uglich Kremlin, where Dmitry died