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UGLICH , a See also: town of See also: Russia, in the See also: government of See also: Yaroslavl, on the upper Volga, 63 m
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W. by S. of the. city of Yaroslavl
.
Pop., 9698
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Its See also: historical remains are mostly associated with See also: Prince Dmitri, son of See also: Ivan the Terrible, who was believed to have been murdered (1591) here by Boris Godunov
.
The wooden See also: house (built in 1481, restored in 1892) which the prince occupied, a See also: church of St
See also: Demetrius, erected at the spot where he was killed,563
and a kiosk on the site of a convent where his See also: mother was forcibly consecrated a nun, are the See also: principal memorials of this incident
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The See also: cathedral was erected in the 13th century, but subsequently restored, and contains the See also: grave of Prince See also: Roman
.
The See also: industries include paper-mills, See also: flour-mills, distilleries, copper See also: works, and See also: linen factories; and the samovars (See also: tea-urns) and sausages made here are famous
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The See also: local See also: annals go as far back as the 9th century
.
Until the 14th century Uglich was a See also: separate principality, which extended over eastern See also: Tver
.
In 1329 the sons of Prince Roman the See also: Saint renounced their independence in favour of Moscow, and fifty years later the Uglich princes sold their rights to the See also: great prince of Moscow
.
The Tatars plundered the town in 1237, 1293 and 1408, and the See also: Lithuanians did the same at a later date
.
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