Uglich, Russia

Uglich, Yaroslavl district center field. Located on the banks of the Volga River some 110 kilometers west of Yaroslavl, just at the point where it makes a sharp bend, which was once called "Ugilets" or "Uglich". Maybe that's why the town has a name. According to another version, in this place in antiquity burned coal. The city is included in the "Golden Ring".

Local Chronicle reported that the city was founded in 937 by Yang Pleskovich, a relative of Princess Olga of Kiev, was sent to the Upper Volga "for the sake of collecting tribute. Archaeological excavations have confirmed that these places are populated people many thousands of years ag... Read more