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Uglich

Uglich is a town on the upper Volga in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia. Long part of the Rostov lands, it became the seat of its own princes in 1218 and was later absorbed by Moscow. It is best known as the place where Tsarevich Dmitry, son of Ivan the Terrible, died in 1591, commemorated by the Church of St Dmitry on the Blood.

Uglich
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Uglich. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/uglich
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