Uglich is a small town standing on the high bank of the great Russian river Volga for more than 10 centuries. The town was burnt down more than once throught its history but each time the beautiful merchants' mansions and white stone temples appeared again and again.
The palace of zarevich Dimitri who was its last noble owner as well as the last offspring of the Rurik dynasty is of special interest. The church of St. Dimitri on the Blood which is a museum now is located nearby.
The so-called "exiled bell" is kept there. The carved inscription has it that this bell sounded the alarm when zarevich Dimitri was killed in 1593 and for that reason it was sent in exile from Uglich to Siberia to the town of Tobolsk.
Uglich remained a typical medieval Russian town dominated by the wooden architecture up to the beginning of the 19 th century. The contemporary town historic centre gained a clear radial-semicircular arrangement which happened after empress Cathrine the Great approved the project to perfect its layout. Apart from the famous architectural monuments the town attracts with the expanses of the river and woodland scenery in its neighborhood. Numerous generations of the craftsmen of Uglich created a great number of articles of artistic value. Uglich is the first ancient Russian town where the Volga cruise boats land.
