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Uglich is located in the Yaroslavl region. Finding itself apart
from the classic route of the Golden Ring, it is hardly inferior to
those ancient Russian cities that were lucky enough to be on this
route, and, moreover, it is located on the Volga, which is wonderful
in itself.
Best known as the place of the mysterious death of
Ivan the Terrible’s son, Tsarevich Dimitri, Uglich is picturesquely
nestled on the high bank of the Volga, which turns here at an almost
right angle. Being one of the stops on Volga cruises, the city
adapts to the ships' schedule, devoting all its efforts to serving
tourists and especially liveling up for foreign guests. And in
between, it is almost no different from small provincial towns with
their unhurried, measured life, taking place against the backdrop of
attractive low-rise historical buildings, including even rare wooden
town houses in Russia, and the same intimate, but rather dull Soviet
heritage. No, there is still one difference - the Volga! Still not
wide, but already impressive with magnificent panoramas of the
ancient part of the city, the surrounding open spaces and, oddly
enough, the Uglich hydroelectric power station.
The Kremlin is located a few minutes walk from the
pier, where cruise ships arrive along with the majority of tourists.
Two main highways of the city, the Yaroslavskaya and Rostovskaya
streets leading to Rostov, Yaroslavsky and Rybinskoe highways, lead
to the Kremlin. The railway station is located about 3 km from the
city center and the Kremlin. Monasteries and Posad churches are
scattered over a small area and are within walking distance.
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Of course, the main attraction of Uglich is the Kremlin, although here this name sounds too solemn: all that remains of the ancient fortifications and ancient buildings is a park with three remarkable buildings, the oldest of which appeared in the 15th century. Several churches of the 17th century have been preserved in Uglich, the most unusual of which is the three-roofed “Wonderful” Church of the Alekseevsky Monastery. In addition to it, the main attractions of Uglich include the traditional in form, but very elegant Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist and the ancient Resurrection Monastery located next to it, the magnificent ensemble of which appeared thanks to the builder of the Rostov Kremlin, Jonah, which is felt in the silhouette of the monastery. In the historical center, many houses from the 18th-19th centuries have been preserved, most of them are concentrated around Assumption Square, Yaroslavskaya Street and 9th January Street. But the main treasure of the city is the miraculously preserved wooden town houses from three centuries ago. Like any rare animal, they hide from indiscreet glances in the depths of courtyards, invisible from the streets laid after their construction. These are, first of all, the two oldest houses - the Mekhov-Voronin and Kazimirov houses, but besides them, there are also younger representatives of the town's wooden, wooden-stone and stone houses.
All that is known about the very first fortress that preceded the
Kremlin of Andrei Bolshoi is that it existed and was rebuilt in the 15th
century. The Kremlin of Andrei Bolshoi stood until the end of the 18th
century, occupied an almost square area on the spit of the Volga and
Kamennoye Brook and had chopped wooden walls, ten towers and three
passage gates. The reconstruction of the fortress, carried out in 1928
by I.N Potekhin according to a description from the 17th century, can be
seen in the museum. In the same 15th century, a complex of residential
and church buildings connected by passages was erected on the territory
of the Kremlin. Part of this complex, albeit in a modified form, can be
seen in our time. The Nikolsky Bridge (1808) leads to the Kremlin; its
dedication is the only thing left of the Nikolsky Baroque Church of the
late 18th century that stood here until 1917. The Kremlin, in the usual
sense of the word, has not been preserved in Uglich, but on its former
territory, turned into a kind of park, there are several remarkable
monuments.
1 Chambers of Tsarevich Dmitry (XV century). In fact,
the chambers have nothing to do with Dmitry, and the name was assigned
to them due to the fact that the oldest building in the city turned out
to be a “witness” of the tragedy. The red brick building is all that has
survived from the palace complex of Andrei Bolshoi. The chambers are the
oldest residential building not only in Uglich, but throughout Central
Russia, and its eight-slope roof and characteristic ornament allow its
construction to be attributed to Novgorod masters. The neo-Russian porch
and decorative grilles on the roof appeared during the restoration in
1892. Inside there is an exhibition of the Uglich Museum, which opened
in 1892 on the 300th anniversary of the death of the prince. The
museum’s very rich collection, among other things, includes icons of the
17th-19th centuries, cannon-arquebuses of the early 17th century taken
from the walls of the fortress, and coats of arms of craft minting
workshops of the 18th century.
2 Church of Prince Dmitry (Dmitri) "On the Blood"
(Церковь царевича Димитрия "на Крови") In 1692,
a stone church was built on the site of an earlier wooden chapel, its
altar part was placed above the place where the prince died. The church
is picturesquely located on the banks of the Volga and is the facade and
symbol of the city. It is made in forms traditional to the end of the
17th century and has decor that is equally characteristic of its time.
Its interior is much more exotic. The walls and vaults of the pillarless
church were painted in the 18th century; the western part of the
composition describes a fateful day in the life of the prince and does
this completely in the spirit of secular painting. The most incredible
paintings here are the refectory, completed in 1788 by P. Khlebnikov.
They amaze with their realistic depiction of naked bodies, unusual for
the church, illustrating the plots of biblical tales. The large carved
iconostasis of the church was made in 1867, the small iconostasis with
dark icons is the same age as the temple. Among the relics in the church
is the alarm bell that announced the death of the prince. For this he
suffered punishment: his tongue was cut out, he was flogged, and then
sent into exile for three whole centuries. The bell ended up in the
Tobolsk Kremlin, was rehabilitated at one time, but returned to Uglich
only in 1892.
3 Transfiguration Cathedral (Спасо-
Преображенский Собор) of Uglich was built in 1706 by
decree of Peter I on the site of a dismantled 15th century temple. Its
forms are transitional from the traditional architecture of the 17th
century to the Naryshkin baroque, which is clearly visible in the
pillar-shaped bell tower of 1730, which, by the way, became the model
for later bell towers of the city. The interior space of the pillarless
cathedral is covered with a lightweight vault that was progressive for
its time; the paintings were done in 1809-1811 by Timofey Medvedev. The
temple fresco "Transfiguration" is a copy of the Vatican work by
Raphael. The grandiose six-tier iconostasis was made in 1853 in the
spirit of the same Naryshkin baroque, it includes mainly icons of the
18th century. In the northern aisle there is an exhibition of applied
art objects from the 15th to 18th centuries and a collection of 60 icons
from various schools of Russian icon painting, including Uglich. Among
the most valuable copies of the collection are the “Leontief Order” of
Dionysius from the Cathedral of the Intercession Monastery, the Moscow
Nicholas the Wonderworker of the 16th century and the Rostov Nicholas of
Mozhaisky of the 16th century. Especially for large groups of tourists,
an ensemble of singers performs ancient sacred music in the cathedral.
4 Epiphany Cathedral. The cathedral of the first quarter of the 19th
century, which has lost its dome and therefore looks more like a secular
building. In winter it was used for services instead of the summer
Transfiguration Cathedral. Inside there is an exhibition of paintings of
the 18th-20th centuries with noble, merchant and salon portraits, among
which there are works by the Uglich portrait painter of the 19th century
I.V. Tarkhanova. The ticket office of the Kremlin museums is also
located here.
5 The building of the former City Council. The grand
building with two identical facades, a six-column portico and a
mezzanine was built in 1815 according to a standard design. Now it is
used by the administration of the Kremlin museums and serves as the
location of an exhibition dedicated to the history of the city.
6 Monument to the tractor. A tractor produced in 1936 by the Kharkov
Tractor Plant also settled on the territory of the Kremlin. There was no
other suitable museum in the city, so the tractor was placed in a
Kremlin cage covered with a gable roof.
Prince Palace of Uglich Kremlin (Княжеские палаты Угличского Кремля)
Uspenskaya Square is the central square of the city, named after the
Assumption Church destroyed in the 1930s. In the Middle Ages there was
trading here, and the square acquired its current appearance after
redevelopment in the 19th century. Before the fire of 1921, the square
was surrounded by lines of shopping arcades and public buildings. There
were also four churches here, three of which were demolished during the
years of Soviet power. Several notable structures have been preserved on
the square.
7 Chapel to Defenders of the Fatherland at all
times. A small chapel was installed on the square in 2004, has the shape
of a bell and is crowned with a small dome. Nearby there is an alley
with memorial plaques dedicated to the defenders of the Fatherland.
8 House of the Evreinov merchants, Uspenskaya Square, 1/2. A
representative two-story building of the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, designed in an eclectic style. It belonged to famous local
patrons of the arts, famous for their charity and various activities in
the field of education. Among their actions was the creation of a city
museum, the opening of a public library, and the organization of a local
Theater Society. In the 1890s, the house hosted performances by a local
troupe, headed by tax inspector M.P. Chekhov is the brother of A.P.
Chekhov, a famous journalist, theater critic and publisher.
9 Hotel
“Uspenskaya”, Uspenskaya Square, 3. Located in one of the buildings of
the former shopping arcade. The huge shopping complex was built at the
end of the 18th - beginning of the 19th centuries, but almost all of it
burned down in a fire in 1921. The colorful red and white two-story
building (house no. 3) - the former Maly Mukhnaya Row - is now occupied
by a hotel, the neighboring house (no. 1) was converted into a
residential building in the 19th century.
10 Kazan Church,
Uspenskaya Square, 7. A pretty white and pink church is the only
surviving temple in the square. The small Baroque church was built in
1778, and its three-tier bell tower was rebuilt in 1804 in the
classicist style.
11 Former police department, Yaroslavskaya street,
1. The two-story stone building with a side porch and very laconic decor
was built in 1784.
Two central city highways depart from Uspenskaya Square -
Rostovskaya and Yaroslavskaya streets. To the west of Rostovskaya
Street, historical buildings are mostly concentrated in several
blocks located between the banks of the Volga and 9 January Street.
The latter can bring surprises to antique lovers.
12 House
of the merchant Postnov, Spasskaya street, 2. A large three-story
house with a bay window is located next to the Kazan Church, on the
corner of Spasskaya street and Lenin street. The house stands
sideways to Spasskaya Street, and its main facade faces the church.
It was built at the end of the 19th century in brick style by the
famous manufacturer of Uglich sausage, merchant A.K. Postnov, and
had a sizeable size, atypical for Uglich, as it was intended for a
second-class hotel of a merchant, on the ground floor of which there
was a restaurant and a sausage shop. A fire in 1921 left only the
walls of the building; by 1950 it was restored in the forms
characteristic of that time and has since become a residential
building. Right there on Spasskaya Street, among the Stalin and
Khrushchev buildings, other merchant houses of the 19th century have
been preserved, but their appearance has been distorted by later
reconstructions.
13 Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist
(1689-1692) , Spasskaya st., 14. One of the best Uglich churches
appeared as a result of a dark event, with which the history of the
city is so rich. In 1663, a certain clerk Rudak kidnapped the
six-year-old son of merchant Nikifor Chepolosov, Vanya, and brutally
tortured the boy. Actually, a sign pointed to the alleged killer -
the knife lodged in the boy’s head fell out in the presence of Rudak
(another question is, was he guilty?). The bailiff was put on trial,
but the boy began to appear to his parents in a dream asking them to
let him go. True, this did not save Rudak: he fell ill with some
terrible disease and soon died. In memory of the boy, canonized, his
father built a stone church, in the cemetery near which the boy was
buried. Not only the history of this church echoes the story of the
murdered prince, but its architecture is also close to the Church of
Dmitry “on the Blood”, differing from it in a couple of chapels and
a porch “on the fly”. However, it is impossible to deny that,
despite all the similarities, this temple is distinguished by a rare
elegance of form and magnificent decor made of brick and glazed
tiles.
14 Resurrection Monastery,
Spasskaya st., 31/2a. The oldest monastery in the city, the date of
its foundation is not reliably known. According to one version, it
appeared almost during the time of the “Uglitsky” prince Roman
Vladimirovich, who ruled in the second half of the 13th century and
founded many monasteries. The ensemble that has come down to us was
built in the 17th century by the Rostov Metropolitan Jonah, who took
monastic vows at the Resurrection Monastery. Both in concept - “an
ideal mountain city” - and stylistically, the monastery buildings
echo the Rostov Kremlin, which arose thanks to the same Jonah. The
ensemble of several buildings was built in the 1670s and includes
the Resurrection Cathedral with two chapels, a three-bay belfry with
the Church of Mary of Egypt, a refectory with the Church of
Hodegetria and a clock tower, and the Smolensk Church. All buildings
are placed on a high basement and connected by a gallery; their
walls are decorated with inserts of glazed tiles with scenes from
fairy-tale animals to scenes of the capture of a fortress. The
variety of sizes of the buildings creates many picturesque views of
the monastery (by going around the monastery, you can see them all),
but the most spectacular is the western facade, facing the road from
Moscow and Kalyazin. In 1764, the monastery was abolished and turned
into a parish church. In the 19th century, the monastery fence was
dismantled; the current one, including the Holy Gates, was built in
the 21st century. The construction of a hydroelectric power station
led to subsidence of the soil and the monument was saved only thanks
to special work to strengthen the soil, carried out in the 1970s. In
the interior of the Resurrection Cathedral, fragments of paintings
from the 17th century have been preserved, while the rest dates back
to the 19th century. In the basement and in the old monastery
cemetery you can find ancient graves of not only monks, but also the
ancestors of Mikhail Romanov (his mother was the local noblewoman
Ksenia Shestova).
For lovers of Stalinist architecture, on the
corner of Spasskaya and Academician Oparin streets, right next to
the monastery, there are solid houses from the 1930s, built for
employees of the hydroelectric power station.
15 Zimin Dvor, st.
Pushkina, 4. On a vacant lot near the Resurrection Monastery,
solemnly called Soviet Square, there is a luxurious building from
the Classical era, built at the beginning of the 19th century. Its
owners were merchants and, wanting to outshine everyone in the area,
they built an entire palace, where in 1837 even the imperial family
stayed - Nicholas I along with Tsarevich Alexander.
16 House of
Ozhgikhins, st. Pushkina, 6. A magnificent two-story mansion with
wonderful stucco molding, one of the best examples of classicism in
Uglich.
17 Vinogradov House, st. January 9, 15. A nice two-story
mansion of the second half of the 19th century, significantly
rebuilt by A.S. Vinogradov at the end of the 19th century in
imitation of the Evreinov house. The outbuilding of the house has
been lost, but the authentic gate has been preserved, and the nearby
storerooms have been extensively rebuilt.
18 Istomin House, st.
Lenina, 13/21. A luxurious mansion of the richest local merchants,
designed in an eclectic style. The building was built at the end of
the 19th century and has two facades, the main one with a balcony
facing Lenin Street. The walls of the house are decorated with
rustication, platbands and stucco with masks. The interior is
equally decorative. In 1892, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich stayed
here. Next to the house there is another architectural monument - a
two-story outbuilding, which also belonged to the Istomin family.
Here they once owned a cereal factory and a greenhouse with exotic
plants. Now it is a children's creativity house.
19 Kalashnikov
House, st. Pervomaiskaya, 13. The ancestral house of the Kalashnikov
family was built in the first half of the 18th century, that is,
even before the radical redevelopment of the city streets. He was
lucky to remain on the red line and, moreover, his façade overlooked
a small square created for a better view of the Epiphany Monastery.
This unique house is one of the first stone buildings in the
settlement, although part of it is still made of wood. Its plan
differs little from typical log houses with three windows, but the
decor is more intricate: platbands, rustication, pilasters. At the
back there is a wooden volume with mighty logs and a small porch.
The high plank roof was replaced with a flatter one at the beginning
of the 20th century. In the house, now turned into a museum, steam
engine designer Vasily Ivanovich Kalashnikov (not to be confused
with the gunsmith Mikhail Timofeevich) was born and raised.
20 Epiphany Monastery, st. Rostovskaya, 20-22. Occupies more than
half of the block adjacent to Rostovskaya Street. The exact date of
the founding of the monastery is lost over the centuries. According
to one version, it was founded by Dmitry Donskoy’s wife Evdokia at
the end of the 14th century, according to another, the founder of
the monastery was Mikhail Romanov’s mother Ksenia Shestova, and then
it should be dated to the end of the 16th century. In any case, at
first the monastery was located in the Kremlin and only around 1664
it was moved from there to the suburb. The first stone building of
the monastery was the Church of the Epiphany, which was later
reconsecrated into the Smolensk Church. It was built by Uglich
craftsmen and it compares favorably with two later monastery
churches - the Fedorovskaya Church of 1818 in the forms of
classicism and the disproportionately large Epiphany Cathedral,
built according to the design of K.A. Ton, author of the Moscow
Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The Smolensk Church was restored in
1976 and its green domes covered with glazed tiles were restored at
that time. Until the 19th century, it had a hipped bell tower and no
porch. The interior of the Fedorovskaya Church has preserved amazing
paintings in blue tones by Epiphany Medvedev. Local guides say that
they "appear" over time, so if you wait a few decades, they will
probably repair themselves.
21 Church of Tsarevich Dmitry “on
the field”, st. Rostovskaya, 60. Built on the outskirts of the
historical part of the city in 1798-1814 on the site of the farewell
to the relics of the prince, which happened in 1606. This church has
a completely traditional layout - a five-domed cubic volume with a
refectory and a bell tower, but classicism dominates its decor with
pediments and elements of order architecture. During the years of
Soviet power, the church did not close and therefore became the last
refuge of shrines from other churches and monasteries in the city.
Inside, paintings from 1836 have been preserved, similar to the
frescoes of the Kremlin’s Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral.
22 Alekseevsky Monastery. On the hill, known since ancient times as
Ogneva Gora, on the site of an ancient pagan temple, a new monastery
appeared in 1371. Metropolitan Alexy founded it immediately after
the devastating campaign of Mikhail Tverskoy in order to improve the
defense of the city. In 1534, the stone church of Metropolitan Alexy
was built in the monastery, but in the 19th-20th centuries it was
rebuilt beyond recognition, although the supporting pillars, walls
and vaults of the ancient building did not disappear without a
trace, but became part of more modern structures. In 1628, the
famous Assumption Church appeared, which became a monument to the
city’s defenders who fell during the Time of Troubles. The amazingly
harmonious church is so good that people gave it the name
“Wonderful”. The laconic cube of the refectory, proportionate apses
decorated with an arcature belt, kokoshniks and, finally, a
three-tented finish - this is its dry description. In the 19th
century, the church was rebuilt into the abbot’s chambers, large
windows were cut out and kokoshniks were cut out. And only the
restoration, begun in the 1920s by I. Grabar and P. Baranovsky and
completed in 1962 by local specialists, returned the church to its
former appearance. The second church of the monastery, the Cathedral
of John the Baptist, was built in 1681 and became the first
pillarless church in the city. Next to his graceful neighbor, he
looks rather ponderous, but still deserves attention. The facades of
the cathedral are decorated with tile inserts; the painting inside
dates back to the 19th century. From the foot of the Marvelous
Church there is a picturesque view of the city.
23 House of
Mekhov-Voronin, st. Kamenskaya, 4. The house is located in the
courtyard of house No. 6 on Yaroslavskaya Street and this is one of
the oldest examples of wooden townsman housing not only in Uglich,
but also in Russia. The house was built over the steep bank of the
Kamenny Stream on the now defunct Maslyanaya Street. It appeared no
later than the first half of the 18th century (sometimes even called
the end of the 17th century) and is based on a powerful frame made
of logs, placed on a high basement, used for household needs.
Inside, the ancient three-part layout has been preserved, where the
interior spaces are divided by hallways into warm and cold rooms. In
the house you can see two stoves: in the chambers there is a Russian
stove with painted tiles, and in the basement there is a simple
whitewashed stove.
24 Kazimirov House, st. Grazhdanskaya, 7.
Another old wooden house, reminiscent of the Mekhovs’ house, but a
little younger than it. Inside, on the second floor, there is a
tiled stove, however, its tiles were so good that they went to the
Russian Museum of St. Petersburg. On the ceiling of the upper room
you can see a stucco lampshade with a double-headed eagle.
At
the beginning of Yaroslavskaya Street, an almost untouched ensemble
of historical buildings has been preserved, although here, alas,
there is a Soviet legacy in the form of a typical brick five-story
building that grew up next to a two-story house from the times of
Peter the Great (house No. 6). But the most interesting houses are
located a little further from the center, just behind the mentioned
five-story building.
25 Fire station building, st.
Yaroslavskaya, 10/2. The bright red building with a tower, standing
on the corner of Yaroslavskaya and Olga Berggolts streets, was built
in 1809-1811 according to a “standard” project, the author of which
was Luigi Rusca. The facade of the building is decorated with a
portico with four columns.
26 House of Pereslavtsev merchants,
st. Olga Berggolts, 9. The Pereslavtsev merchants entered the
history of the city as the founders of the Uglich stationery
manufactory (1737), which existed until 1912. Their family house was
built in 1804 a little away from Yaroslavskaya Street. The owner of
a strict six-column portico, the house was one of the best examples
of classicism in the city. Incredibly, its main volume was made of
wood, hidden under a layer of plaster. In the early 1990s, the house
burned down and was later dismantled. The current copy is only a
pale copy of the former masterpiece.
27 Two houses of the
Serebrennikovs, st. Yaroslavskaya 12/13, 14. The Serebrennikov
merchants were lovers of antiquity and collectors of ancient
manuscripts. One of their houses (No. 12/13) was built at the end of
the 18th century and is an interesting example of early classicism.
Its facade does not yet have order elements, and the main staircase
is placed in an unusual rotunda. The second house (No. 14) is even
more interesting. It stands in the depths of the courtyard, marking
the direction of the old street in Bazarny Proezd. The house dates
from the mid-18th century, has a steep hip roof, a semicircular
pediment and is decorated with simple-shaped but protruding
architraves.
28 Istomin Houses, st. Yaroslavskaya, 16 and 20.
Residential buildings with rather modest decor and a mezzanine
decorated with semi-circular windows. Built for the Istomin
townspeople according to the design of V.P. Stasova.
29 Butorin
House, st. Yaroslavskaya, 21. Another house of the first half of the
19th century, designed by L. Ruska. From the outside it is a
wonderful two-story mansion with a portico, pediment and stucco. The
once luxurious interior with stucco moldings and paintings by
Timofey Medvedev was completely lost during the years of Soviet
power.
30 Church of Flora and Lavra, st. Ostrovsky, 1a. Built in
1762 at the expense of parishioners on the site of a dilapidated
wooden church. The Three Lights Church once had a separate bell
tower, replicating the cathedral bell tower of the Kremlin. The
upper part of the temple was used for worship in the summer; in the
cold season, services were held below. During the years of Soviet
power, the church was beheaded and was used in turn by various
institutions, but in the 2000s it was restored and returned to the
believers.
31 Korsun Church, st. Narimanov, 5a. A temple typical
of Uglich with a five-domed cubic volume, a refectory and a bell
tower was built in 1730. The bell tower of the church is made in
imitation of its peer - the bell tower of the Transfiguration
Cathedral. The decor of the upper part of the church in the form of
an arcature belt highlighted in red was borrowed from Rostov the
Great.
1 Historical, Architectural and Art Museum in the
Kremlin, st. Kremlin. ✉ ☎ +7 (48532) 5-36-78. May-September: Mon–Sun
9:00–17:00; October-April: Mon–Sun 9:00–16:00. Single ticket,
including 5 exhibitions and temporary exhibitions - 315 rubles;
Photo and video shooting are paid separately. One of the oldest
museums in the country was opened in 1892 in the presence of members
of the imperial family. The basis of his collection was small
collections and individual objects donated by a variety of people,
from metropolitan architects to local merchants and patrons of the
arts. After the revolution, the museum’s collection was replenished
with icons of closed churches and monasteries. Today the museum
displays several collections: ancient Russian painting (XV-XVIII
centuries), painting (from the 18th century to the present day),
weapons (XVII - early XX century), rare books, as well as a small
collection of wooden religious sculpture. Most of the museum's
exhibition is housed in the buildings of the Uglich Kremlin. Of
interest is such a department of the museum as the Gallery of
Contemporary Orthodox Art and Painting “Under the Blessed Veil”. The
gallery is positioned as a Center for Orthodox Education, where
religious, historical and other thematic courses and interactive
programs are held, which illustrate the tenets of the Orthodox
religion in an accessible form. The basis of the exhibition is the
work of the artist Sergei Simakov (hieromonk Raphael), rector of the
Church of the Archangel Michael “in the forest”, whose paintings
decorate the residence of the Patriarch. His works are kept not only
in Russia, but also in private collections, monasteries and museums
around the world. Entrance to the Gallery is 60 rubles/adult, 50
rubles/student, 40 rubles/child.
2 Central Museum of the History
of Hydropower of Russia Wikidata element, st. Spasskaya, 33. The
hydroelectric station is not only an engineering structure, but also
an architectural monument. It was built by prisoners in 1935-1940
and at one time was the second most powerful in the USSR after the
DneproGES. By today's standards, the station is small: the height of
its dam is 27 meters, length - 310 meters. A strong impression is
left by the huge monumental arch of the lock, under which large and
small ships pass. In 2006, a one-of-a-kind museum was opened in the
management building of the Uglich hydroelectric power station, which
tells about the history of the development of hydropower and the
construction of the station. The exposition includes an open-air
exhibition of hydroelectric power station equipment, tells about the
design of a hydrogenerator and turbine impeller, and shows the
principles of operation of a tidal station and a sluice. And that's
not all.
3 Museum of Urban Life, Uspenskaya Square, 5. ☎ +7
(48532) 2-44-14. Mon–Sun 9:00–17:00. 150 rub. Directly in front of
the Nikolsky Bridge there is a nice wooden house, built as a
guardhouse for the nearby police department. After some time, it
turned into the tea shop of merchant V.I. Kashinov, and in 1897 it
was given over to a public library, miraculously surviving the fire
of the 1920s. Now it is given over to the museum of urban life.
4 Museum of Myths and Superstitions of the Russian People, st.
January 9, 40. ☎ +7 (48532) 4-14-67. Mon–Sun 11:00–17:00. Not
exactly a museum, but rather a small creative workshop with wax
figures of various fairy-tale characters. Here they promise to tell
where Baba Yaga came from and why it is customary to spit over the
shoulder or knock on wood. The museum is located in a two-story
wooden house, is popular, and a tour takes no more than half an
hour.
5 House of Friendship, st. Embankment, 7. The building
from the early 19th century houses art workshops and a permanent
exhibition of works by contemporary local artists.
6 Museum
“Library of Russian Vodka”, st. O. Berggolts, 3. ☎ +7 (48532)
2-35-58. Mon–Sun 11:00–18:00. 120 rub. The reason for opening the
museum was that Uglich acted as a launching pad for the famous
entrepreneur P.A. Smirnov - the “vodka king”, born not far from
here. The exhibition tells about the history of production and
consumption traditions of this drink, so to speak. A visit to the
museum includes the opportunity to taste several types of vodka. At
the museum there is a store of alcoholic products from the oldest
distilleries in Russia.
7 Museum of Prison Art, st. O.
Berggolts, 1/2. ☎ ) 2-30-75 +7 (48532) 2-30-75, michaellotkov1973.
Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00. The museum is private and is the only such
exhibition in the country. It presents products made by prisoners
from scrap materials, including figurines made of wood and... bread.
8 Museum of the History of Uglich (“Uglich Bells”) , st. Bakhareva,
27. 100 rub. The oldest private museum in the city is located on a
quiet street in a nice wooden house with a mezzanine. Part of the
museum’s exhibition is located in the open air and includes
household items, a symbolic monument to Afanasy Nikitin, who visited
Uglich, copies of the towers of the Uglich Kremlin and a wooden
church of the 17th century. In the museum you can listen to the
performance of the Uglich Bells ensemble.
9 Boat station. The
rest of the time from exploring Uglich and visiting its surroundings
in the summer can be pleasantly spent using the services of the boat
station, where you can rent a boat for 60 rubles/hour, and a
catamaran for 80 rubles/hour (2006 prices). Excellent views of the
Kremlin churches and other coastal attractions are guaranteed. The
station is located on Kamenny Brook, next to the pier, so for safety
it is necessary to control the rather intense traffic of ships.
Museum of the Working Horse ((division of the Museum of Myths
and Superstitions of the Russian People)) , Uglich district,
Otradnovskoye rural settlement, Ivashkovo village (get there along
the Uglich-Myshkin highway). ☎ 8 (962) 203-50-03; 8(905)134-47-88;
8(48532)4-14-67.. 250 rub. The private museum-estate "Another World"
is an ethno-project in the style of Russian antiquity, unique in its
microclimate. Excursion and show programs for children and adults
provide an opportunity to visually study the pre-revolutionary life
of peasants. Here you can get a master class on baking bread and
milking a cow, building a Russian stove and lighting a samovar. Also
at the base of the estate there is a living “Workhorse Museum”. Its
exhibits are real working horses. You will learn about horse breeds,
learn how to ride a horse, take a horseback ride or ride in a
harness. As part of the "Working Horse Museum" project, master
classes on horse riding, horse harnessing and horse riding training
"from scratch" are held.
Rooster Park Museum, st. Spasskaya,
10. ☎ (48532) 5-32-58, 8-915-998-25-55. 10.00-17.00. from 50 rub.
The new museum of Uglich, opened in 2015 on the basis of the Uglich
Industrial and Pedagogical College. It is dedicated to the ancient
symbol of the city - the fiery rooster. The museum consists of two
departments - historical-ethnographic and literary-art. In the
historical and ethnographic department you can get acquainted with
the history of the rooster in ancient beliefs, rituals, local songs,
proverbs, and sayings. In the literary and artistic department you
can see the reflection of the “rooster” theme in literature,
painting and graphics by artists, and modern decorative and applied
arts. Group excursions and master classes for children and adults
are conducted.
During the arrival hours of the ship on the way from
the pier to Assumption Square, there are always souvenir rows where you
can find a lot of useless things depicting Tsarevich Dmitry with a knife
(the coat of arms of Uglich) and other recognizable sights of the city.
Sometimes you come across something more useful here, for example,
textiles, including linen clothing that is inexpensive compared to the
capitals.
On the ground floor of the Uspenskaya Hotel there is a
brand store of the local watch factory "Chaika".
Cheap
1 Cafe “Volga”, st. Yaroslavskaya, 8. ☎ ) 2-15-61 +7
(48532) 2-15-61. Mon–Fri 7:00–18:00, Sat–Sun 8:00–19:00. Russian
kitchen. Inexpensive canteen without luxurious interiors, full-fledged
canteen food. One of the favorite places among city residents,
time-tested.
2 Cafe “On Uspenskaya”, pl. Uspenskaya, 1. ☎ ) 2-17-61
+7 (48532) 2-17-61. Mon–Fri 9:00–17:00. Inexpensive, either a cafe or a
self-service canteen.
Buffet "Golden Cockerel", Uspenskaya square, 1.
☎ +7 (48532) 2-17-61. Inexpensive eatery on the main square. Reviews
about the quality of food are quite contradictory, however, the
establishment is very popular among tourists.
3 Coffee house “Old
Town”, st. Yaroslavskaya, 4. The service is good and fast, but there are
conflicting reviews about the quality of the food. Inexpensive. The
establishment has 2 halls, a restaurant and a bar.
Cafe "Orchid",
Lenina st., 33. ☎ +7 (48532) 2-14-08. A popular café among tourists,
where you can have an inexpensive lunch, as well as drink coffee and
fresh pastries. The peculiarity of this establishment is that you must
order at the counter.
Cafe "Energy", st. Narimanov, 27. 11.00-24.00.
Located in the sports and fitness complex of the same name. The cafe is
built on the principle of a canteen. Inexpensive, high quality.
Average cost
4 Tavern on Rybinskaya, Rybinskoe highway, 22nd
century. ✉ ☎ +7 (48532) 2-15-81. Mon–Thu 11:00–22:00, Fri–Sat
11:00–01:00, Sun 11:00–21:00. The average bill is 300 rubles. Located in
a modern area of the city, a 20-minute walk from the Volga embankment.
It is divided into three halls, including a hall for VIPs. Dishes of
Russian and European cuisine. In addition to standard restaurant
service, business lunches, express lunches and dinners are offered. The
quality of the food is very high.
5 Cafe “Russian Cuisine”,
Uspenskaya Sq., 3. ☎ ) 5-33-84 +7 (48532) 5-33-84. Mon–Sun 8:00–24:00.
average bill 500 rub. Good quality food, but the main advantage is the
convenient location. Russian and Japanese cuisine is offered.
6 Restaurant in the Moscow Hotel, st. Ostrovsky, 7. ☎ +7 (48532)
4-12-47. Mon–Sun 7:00–23:00. An inexpensive restaurant on the banks of
the Volga with a wide range of European dishes and decent quality food.
7 Cafe-pizzeria “Flash Food”, st. Ostrovsky, 7. ☎ +7 (48532) 4-14-15.
Mon–Sun 12:00–24:00. The fast food cafe is located in the Moscow Hotel.
Several types of pizza are offered for no more than 300 rubles,
hamburgers, cakes, and coffee to go. Meals include free Wi-Fi, table
tennis, billiards and karaoke. They brew their own beer.
8 Restaurant of the entertainment center “Lada”, st. Yaroslavskaya, 50.
☎ +7 (48532) 5-03-67. Mon–Fri 12:00–2:00, Sat 12:00–4:00, Sun
12:00–2:00. Restaurant of Russian cuisine.
9 Restaurant-cafe
“Avenue”, st. Civil, 4. ☎ +7 (48532) 5-73-01. Mon–Thu 11:00–1:00,
Fri–Sat 11:00–3:00, Sun 12:00–1:00. The establishment consists of two
halls: the lower floor is given over to a cafe, the upper floor to a
restaurant. In summer, an additional open area is used. Dishes of
Russian, European and even Mexican cuisine. Business lunches are offered
on weekdays.
10 Cafe-bar of the Chaika hotel complex, Zavodskoy
proezd, 1a. Cafe with 60 seats, equipped in a modern style. Claims to
fine cuisine, domestic and European wines. A bar and sound effects in
the form of karaoke and a music center are included.
Expensive
11 Restaurant complex “Russian Estate”, st. Olga Berggolts, 9. ☎ )
2-06-83 +7 (48532) 2-06-83. Mon–Thu 10:00–23:00, Fri–Sat 10:00–01:00,
Sun–Sun 10:00–24:00. the average bill is about 1000 rubles/person. A
restaurant serving Russian and European cuisine, located in a replica of
the Pereslavtsevs’ house. Payment by credit card is possible.
12 Restaurant and bar “Mon Plaisir”, Uspenskaya Square, 8. ✉ ☎ )
9-19-00 +7 (48532) 9-19-00. Located in one of the most expensive hotels
in the city - “Volga Riviera” with all the ensuing consequences.
Some restaurants in the city are open at night. There are no club
establishments. The only entertainment center in the city is Lada at the
Uglich Hotel.
Entertainment center "Lada", Yaroslavskaya st., 50.
☎ +74853250367. Mon-Fri: 12:00-02:00 Sat: 12:00-04:00 Sun: 12:00-02:00.
The entertainment center has bowling, billiards, and a cafe. On Fridays
and Saturdays there are discos and from 21.00 admission is paid (150
rubles). This is the only entertainment establishment in Uglich, so you
shouldn’t really find fault with it.
Cheap
1 Hotel of the sanatorium “Uglich” DUK (house of scientists
and consultants), Krasnoarmeysky Blvd. 13. ☎ +7 (48532) 5-30-45, +7
(48532) 5-74-58. from 650 rubles per day. It is located a 15-minute walk
from the historical center, but the road along the Volga embankment
along shady alleys is completely easy. There are no canteens or cafes in
the DUK, but there is a kitchen with dishes, a stove, a refrigerator and
a microwave oven. There is a modern supermarket within a five to seven
minute walk. It's better to make a reservation. Free Wi-Fi.
2 Youth
Hostel of Uglich Industrial Pedagogical College, 9 January st., 42.✉ ☎
+8 (910) 666-82-11, +8 (905) 136-67-00, +8 (910) 971-41-50 . from 400
rub. day. The hostel is located in the historical center of Uglich, near
Uspenskaya Square, five steps from the Resurrection Monastery and the
Hydropower Museum on the banks of the Volga. Accommodation is offered
for groups of students, students and anyone interested in economical
accommodation. There are 30 beds for 4 and 6 beds with amenities per
block, a kitchen on the floor, a cozy dining room in the adjacent
college building on the 1st floor, excursion and transport services.
12 Hotel “Uglich”, Yaroslavskaya st., 50. ☎ +7 (48532) 5-03-70. 350
rub. single room economy Hotel "soviet" level. The rooms are not
particularly comfortable, but despite this, the hotel is quite popular
among tourists. The building houses the Lada restaurant, bowling alley,
billiards, and 24-hour ATM.
Average cost
3 Hotel “Chaika”,
Zavodskoy proezd, 1a. ☎ +7 (48532) 5-18-18. from 1200 rub. per day. The
large tourist and hotel complex is located a 15-minute walk from the
Kremlin and a 10-minute walk from the Volga. Free Wi-Fi and parking,
breakfast included in the price. They offer a wide range of additional
services, and in addition there is a sports ground and rental of sports
equipment. The hotel has a bar and restaurant. There is a small grocery
store within a 5-minute walk.
4 Hotel “Uspenskaya”, Uspenskaya
Square, 3. ☎ +7 (48532) 5-18-70. from 1500 rubles per day. Located
directly opposite the Kremlin in a historical building, reconstructed in
the 1990s. The rooms are spacious with standard amenities and unusually
high ceilings. There is a cafe, sauna and guarded parking lot.
5 GD
“Terem” (City House “Terem”) , st. Grazhdanskaya, 9 (110 m from
Uspenskaya Square). ✉ ☎ +7 915 999-16-18. 00:00 23:59. from 1800 rub.
Add. guest - 500 rub. (children under 3 years old - FREE). Rooms: 10
rooms of original design and varying comfort. The price includes
breakfast and toiletries, telephone, WI-FI, parking. Bathhouse on site
for an additional fee.
Expensive
6 Mini-hotel “Fleur”,
Selivanovsky lane, 9. ✉ ☎ +7 (48532) 5-73-83. from 2000 rubles per day.
The hotel is classified as “homey” and has a small number of rooms.
Breakfast is included in the room rate. An additional range of
relaxation services is offered.
7 Hotel “Volzhskaya Riviera”,
Uspenskaya Square, 8. from 2100 rubles per night. Located on the banks
of the Volga, close to the main attractions, and offers a range of
additional services in the AQUA zone. It has its own restaurant and bar,
and the rooms have flat-screen TVs, among other modern amenities. Free
breakfast, Wi-Fi and parking. It is possible to organize excursions
around Uglich. Magnificent views from the window are available for an
additional fee. Great reviews.
8 Hotel “Moscow”, st. Ostrovsky, 7. ☎
+7 (48532) 4-14-15. from 2500 rubles per day. Located a 5-minute walk
from the Kremlin and has its own fitness center. Breakfast is a buffet.
Free Wi-Fi and parking. Good views of the Volga. Mostly good reviews.
There are telecom operators MTS, Beeline, Megafon in the city.
It got its name, in all likelihood,
from the fact that the Volga here makes a corner to Yaroslavl, and
in Uglich it was necessary to go to Yaroslavl in order to cut the
corner of the Volga for a straight road. According to other
versions, the name is derived from the word "coal" - in this place
in ancient times, coal was burned; or from the word "uchih" - that
was the name of one of the Slavic tribes that lived, however, in a
completely different place, along the banks of the Dniester and
Danube.
According to archaeological research, a settlement on
the site of the Uglich Kremlin existed approximately from the
beginning of our era, with a short break in the 5th-6th centuries.
The local chronicle tradition attributes the founding of the
city of Uglich Pole to Jan Pleskovitich, that is, "Pskovich", a
relative of Princess Olga. In very late and unreliable local
sources, several dates are named (937, 947, 952 and other years),
which could be considered the moment of the city's emergence. The
year 937 is traditionally chosen. Until the 19th century, there was
an area in the city (now built up), which was called "Yanovo Pole".
Archaeological excavations confirm the presence of the Scandinavian
feudalizing nobility in the middle of the 10th century.
The
first mention of Uglich in chronicles dates back to 1148. Under this
year, the chronicler, describing the campaign of the Grand Duke of
Kiev Izyaslav Mstislavich, who acted in alliance with Rostislav of
Smolensky and the Novgorodians, against the Prince of Suzdal Yuri
Dolgoruky.
Vladimir Kuchkin refers the described events to
the beginning of 1149 and notes that the allies took six Suzdal
cities on the Volga (Mologu, Uglich pole, Ksnyatin and three unnamed
cities, presumably Dubna, Shoshu and Tver), but left because of the
thaw that had begun (note that in the first decades of its
existence, Uglich was usually referred to under the name "Uglich
Pole").
Since 1218 Uglich was the main city of the small
Uglich appanage principality. Uglich is mentioned together with
Yaroslavl in the birch bark letter No. 69 found in 1952, which
Valentin Yanin dates back to the 80s of the 13th century: “Gregory
and I are safe and sound in Yaroslavl. The Uglich ships remained in
the ice for the winter in Yaroslavl "(ѧ on Yaroslavl, good health,
and with Grigor the Ouglitsans froze on Yaroslavl). In 1238, Uglich
was burnt to the ground by the Mongol-Tatars, but already under
Prince Roman (1261-1285), large construction was carried out in the
city. In 1328, Prince Ivan Danilovich Kalita annexed the city to
Moscow. During the period of sharp rivalry between Moscow and Tver
for the grand-ducal table, the troops of Prince Mikhail of Tver
twice besieged the border Uglich. In 1371 Uglich was completely
devastated and burnt by the people of Tver. In the same year, the
Assumption (later Alekseevsky) Monastery was founded by the
Metropolitan of All Russia Alexy. Moscow Prince Dmitry Donskoy in
1375 fortified the city, rebuilding the fortress. In 1380, the
Uglich squad, led by its prince, fought on the Kulikovo field.
At the beginning of the XIV century, the rights to the
principality were sold to the Moscow prince, and later it was
allocated to various younger princes. In 1462-1492, Andrey Bolshoi
reigned here. During his reign, the city grew, several stone
buildings were built, namely the cathedral (rebuilt in 1713), the
Intercession Monastery (destroyed during the construction of the
Uglich hydroelectric power station), and the red brick chambers of
appanage princes (the front part was preserved). In 1492, the Uglich
prince was captured by his brother Ivan III Vasilievich and
imprisoned with his two sons in one of the Pereslavl monasteries,
where he soon died. A great fire that happened at this time
completed the decline of the city.
Around 1468, the city was
visited by Afanasy Nikitin, who mentioned it in his travel notes
“Walking across the Three Seas”.
During the reign of Ivan the
Terrible, the city was transferred to his younger brother, Yuri. In
the winter of 1550-1551, a wooden fortress was built in the forests
near Uglich, which in disassembled form was transported along the
Volga to the besieged Kazan. This fortress served as the foundation
of the city of Sviyazhsk. In 1565, when Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich
divided the Russian state into oprichnina and zemstvo, the city
became part of the latter.
After the death of Ivan the
Terrible in 1584, his youngest son Dmitry was sent with his mother
to Uglich. The most famous event in the history of the city took
place on May 15, 1591, when an eight-year-old boy was found dead
with his throat cut in the courtyard of the palace. Boris Godunov
was suspected of the death of Dmitry, who had plans for the kingdom.
The Uglichs killed the state clerks Bityagovsky and Kachalov,
considering them guilty, and destroyed the command hut. For this,
about 200 people were executed in Uglich and the bell that summoned
the townspeople to an uprising - they cut off his tongue and ear and
sent him to Siberia (one of the first; hung in the Tobolsk Kremlin,
currently located in Uglich). The prince's mother was forcibly
tonsured into a nun.
In 1601, Uglich and its surroundings were granted
to Prince Gustav, the failed fiancé of Ksenia Godunova. Before the
devastation by the Poles during the Troubles, Uglich, according to
the chroniclers, occupied a space of up to 25 miles in
circumference, had 3 cathedrals, 150 parishes and churches, 12
monasteries, up to 17,000 tax households and about 40,000
inhabitants.
According to the local historian F. Kissel, the
chronicle says not only one city, but churches and residents
throughout the Uglich district.
After the devastation, Uglich
recovered extremely slowly, suffering from severe fires and a
pestilence plague. Tsar Mikhail Romanov undertook the restoration of
Uglich: he introduced concessions in the payment of taxes, endowed
destroyed monasteries with lands, and granted the city
self-government. According to one version, the mother of this first
tsar of the Romanov dynasty, the noblewoman Ksenia Shestova, was
born and raised in Uglich. In 1628, in memory of the Uglich people
who died from the Polish-Lithuanian invaders, the temple of the
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Alekseevsky Monastery
was built.
According to the scribes (1674), Uglich was
divided into three parts: a fortress, or a princely city, an
earthen, or the city itself, and streltsy settlements. The fortress
was cut into two walls from a hewn pine forest, covered with timber;
near the wall there was a ditch 8 fathoms deep and the same width.
In 1674-1677 the Resurrection Monastery was rebuilt in stone,
and in 1681 the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist. In
1690, the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist was built,
because of which, after 250 years, the site of the Uglich
hydroelectric power station was moved. In 1692, the Church of
Demetrius on Blood was built in stone on the site of a wooden
church. In the 17th century, Uglich artisans, among other things,
cooked saltpeter and delivered it to the Cannon Prikaz in Moscow.
After the unsuccessful battle of Narva, bells with a total
weight of more than 350 pounds (about 5.8 tons) were removed from
Uglich for casting new cannons. Stone construction in Uglich, as in
all cities of Russia, was suspended during the construction of St.
Petersburg.
In 1719-1775, Uglich was the center of the
Uglitsk province, in connection with which the coat of arms was
approved, "composed" in the herald office founded by Peter I, and
assigned to the city on August 31, 1778. Description of the coat of
arms: "In a scarlet field, the image of the murdered Tsarevich
Dmitry Ioannovich."
In 1777 he was appointed a district town
of the Yaroslavl governorship, which was renamed in 1796 as a
province. By the end of the 19th century, Uglich fell into decay,
since the lack of railways prevented the sale of industrial and
agricultural products, and Kalyazin and Kashin, in which the
railroad was built in the 1890s, found themselves in a more
favorable economic position.
At the turn of the 18th-19th
centuries, Uglich lost its defensive structures, which became
functionally unnecessary. They dismantled the dilapidated Kremlin
fortress, and later dug down the earthen rampart that protected the
settlement. At the same time, on the central streets of the city,
many stone houses were built according to "exemplary" projects in
the classicism style. These wonderful examples of classic Russian
architecture have been preserved in Uglich often unchanged and
largely determine the appearance of the urban development of the old
city.
An interest in history and art developed in the city;
at the end of the 19th century, a museum of antiquities, a library,
and a theater society were founded. Uglich merchants did a lot for
the city, not only financing these undertakings, but also taking
part in them. Anton Chekhov's brother Mikhail did a lot for the
drama circle, prominent figures of culture and art often visited
here: Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Alexander Ostrovsky, Vasily
Zhukovsky, Ivan Surikov, Igor Grabar, Nicholas Roerich and many
other writers, artists, actors, historians.
Soviet power was
established in Uglich on December 12, 1917, and in the spring of
1921 the city's appearance was changed by a big fire. The city
newspaper reported: “On April 21, by the evil will of the enemies of
the working people, the city in its best central part was
simultaneously set on fire at three points and after a short time,
due to the abundance of dry combustible material, the entire city
center was a continuous spontaneous sea of fire. No superhuman
forces were able to withstand the truly elemental force of the fire
... "
In 1939, the Uglich reservoir was created. In 1940, a
dead-end railway line Kalyazin - Uglich was built. In 1935-1950 the
Uglich hydroelectric power station was built. In 1941, Uglich was
declared a front-line city when German troops approached Kalinin
(now Tver). Children from besieged Leningrad were evacuated to
Uglich, for which orphanage No. 90 was created. A watch factory
provided patronage to the orphanage.
Uglich is located outside of major travel hubs and
routes (and this makes this town more charming). The most suitable
transit point for reaching the town is Moscow, having also the
proximate airports; travel from Saint Petersburg is also possible.
By car
Going to Uglich by car is the most convenient
travelling option, particularly if you are familiar with driving in
Russia. Take the M8 highway from Moscow, turn to Sergiev Posad and
continue with the regional P104 road. The total driving distance
from Moscow to Uglich is 240 km.
Another option (especially
for those who are visiting other Golden Ring destinations) is to
take the M8 highway to Rostov Veliky, turning there left to the P153
road. Longer distance is compensated with a great monastery view at
Borisoglebsky (18 km from Rostov Veliky).
Continue driving to
the north from Uglich will bring you to Myshkin (30 km), Rybinsk (72
km), Cherepovets (255 km) and, finally, to Saint Petersburg (800
km).
Expect the lack or absence of bilingual signage
everythere and use satellite navigation if possible.
By bus
Bus service to Uglich is relatively frequent and reliable. Most
buses stop at the town's central bus station in the downtown (ul.
Berggolts, 15A). You can reach the town from the following points:
Moscow (from the Central Bus Station at Schelkovskaya metro
station, from Aeroport and VDNKh metro stations) - 2-3 times daily
in business days, up to 7 times daily in weekends. 5 - 5.5 hours,
550 RUR one-way.
Yaroslavl (from the Bus Station with a stop at
Yaroslavl Glavny train station) - 1-2 times per hour, 2.5 - 3 hours.
Myshkin - 10 times per day, 1 hour.
Rostov Veliky - 1 time per
day (transit from Yaroslavl), 1.5 hours.
Rybinsk - 4-5 times per
day, 1 hour 40 min.
Tver - 2 times per week (Fridays and
Sundays).
By train
Uglich train station is located
approximately 2 km away from the town center. The rail link to
Uglich is a minor and deadlocked one, so do not expect Russia's
usual relative conveniency of travelling by trains: here they are
slow and irregular.
The town has overnight train connections
with Moscow (9 hours) and Saint Petersburg (16 hours). Their
schedule depends on season, so check the options carefully in
advance. A single one-way ticket from Moscow costs 470 RUR (only 3rd
class is available).
Adventurous travellers can also use an
option of travelling from Saint Petersburg through Bologoye - the
midpoint station between Saint Petersburg and Moscow. Trains from
Bologoye proceed to Uglich 3 times a week, a ride takes 9 hours.
There is also a local commuter train going to Uglich from
Kalyazin (daily June–September, 2-3 times a week off-season).
By boat
As a riverine historical town, Uglich is included
into the Volga cruise routes. In the summer the pier of Uglich is
quite a busy place supplying the town with new and new portions of
tourists. You can buy a cruise tour and join them, but do not expect
any regular ship connections to use.
There is a city bus network, but, most likely, it will not come in handy, since all the main attractions of the city are located near the center. Fare - 12 rubles (2014)
Uglich offers a good variety of places to stay. If you are going
to visit the town in a summer weekend, book your accommodation in
advance. English-speaking staff can be available in more expensive
hotels only (Moskva, Volgskaya Riviera).
Budget
Fleur (Флер), Selivanovsky
pereulok, 9, ☎ +7 48532 5-73-83, +7 910 968-11-11, e-mail:
info@fleurhotel.ru. Mini-hotel with 12 guest rooms. Single from
1,200 RUR, double from 1,500 RUR.
Uspenskaya (Успенская),
Uspenskaya Square, 3, ☎ +7 48532 5-18-70, +7 903 638-34-24, fax: +7
(48532) 2-39-01, e-mail: uspenskaya03@mail.ru. Very centrally
located (right opposite the entrance to the kremlin) and very
reasonably priced. Single from 900 RUR, double from 1,300 RUR.
Hotel sanatorium "Uglich" DUK (house of scientists and
consultants), Krasnoarmeysky Blvd. 13. ☎ +7 (48532) 5-30-45, +7
(48532) 5-74-58. from 650 rubles per day. It is located 15 minutes
walk from the historical center, but the road along the Volga
embankment along shady alleys is completely burdensome. There are no
canteens and cafes in DUK, however there is a kitchen with dishes,
stove, refrigerator and microwave oven. Five to seven minutes walk
is a modern supermarket. Better places to book. Free wifi.
Youth
hostel of Uglich Industrial Pedagogical College, January 9, 42.
college-tur.uglich@mail.ru ☎ +8 (910) 666-82-11, +8 (905) 136-67-00,
+8 ( 910) 971-41-50. from 400 rub. day. The hostel is located in the
historic center of Uglich, not far from Uspenskaya Square, five
steps from the Resurrection Monastery and the Hydropower Museum on
the banks of the Volga. Accommodation is offered for groups of
students, students and all those who are interested in economical
accommodation. There are 30 beds with 4 and 6 bed accommodation with
private facilities on the block, kitchen on the floor, a cozy dining
room in the next college building on the 1st floor, excursion and
transportation services.
Hotel "Uglich", Yaroslavskaya Str., 50.
☎ +7 (48532) 5-03-70. 350 rub. single economy room Hotel "sovkovogo"
(soviet style) level. The rooms are not particularly comfortable,
but despite this, the hotel is quite popular with tourists. The
building houses a restaurant "Lada", bowling, billiards, ATM 24
hours.
Mid-range
Chayka (Чайка), Zavodskoy proezd, 1A, ☎ +7 48532 5-18-18, fax:
+7 (48532) 5-18-14. A bit out of the town center edit
Hotel Moskva (Москва),
ul. Ostrovskogo, 7, ☎ +7 48532 4-14-15. Check-in: 2PM, check-out:
12AM. Run by Intourist Hotel Group, this is one of the best places
to stay in Uglich. Excellent location (the bank of the Volga river,
city center), 2-3 star rooms, a restaurant with a terrace, and a
pool. Bike rental is also available. Single from 2,250 RUR, double
from 2,500 RUR. Winter discounts.
Splurge
Volgskaya Riviera
(Волжская Ривьера), Uspenskaya Square, 8, ☎ +7 48532 9-19-00, +7 495
764-77-40. This 4-star hotel is the most comfortable and expensive
in Uglich. It is classically designed and ideally located at the
high Volga bank nearby the kremlin. There are 80 rooms (from
standard to suite), a restaurant, a lobby bar and a SPA center with
a pool. Single from 2,600 RUR, double from 3,120 RUR.
The city regularly hosts various festivals, including the annual
sports festival "Winter Fun in Uglich", the international photography
festival "PHOTOPARAD in Uglich" (from 2007-2011 - "Uglich - the face of
the Russian province"), the All-Russian cycling festival "Uglich
Milestone", etc. .
February
Annual sports festival “Winter Fun
in Uglich”
The two-day celebration of winter sports and
entertainment annually brings together sports and outdoor enthusiasts.
The festival preserves the colorful traditions of Russian festivities
and expands the program every year. Every year the festival program
includes: snowmobile races, walrus swims, a mass ski race, horse-drawn
carriage rides, winter mini-football, winter fishing, folk games, sleigh
and ATV rentals, an entertainment show, tasty treats for festival
participants and guests.
May
Blagostina, Day of St. Tsarevich
Demetrius (May 28)
The only children's charity decade in Russia,
10 days of children's creativity, charity events, Orthodox and secular
holidays, united by a sense of mercy and Russian culture. The Day of St.
Tsarevich Demetrius is an ancient children's Orthodox holiday, awarded
the highest Patriarchal award - the Order of St. Tsarevich Demetrius.
According to tradition, on this day there is a solemn service and
religious procession in the Uglich Kremlin. Pilgrims from all over
Russia come to ancient Uglich to venerate the relics of the “murdered
prince,” the only patron and protector of children in Rus'. People offer
prayers to him asking him to protect children from misfortunes, evil and
disease.
June
All-Russian cycling festival “Uglich Milestone”
A two-day celebration of cycling and bicycle tourism. Amateurs and
professionals of all ages take part in the festival. The goal of the
festival is to introduce all generations to bicycle travel by
representatives of all generations. Every year, as part of the festival:
mass bike rides, extreme cycling demonstrations, figure and slow riding
competitions, a road race along the Volga, cross-country through forest
areas.
August
The International Photography Festival “Photo
Parade in Uglich” is one of the oldest photography festivals in Russia.
The organizing committee of the festival is the administration of the
city of Uglich. The festival program is formed by invited curators from
various fields of photography. The goal of the festival is to create a
platform that brings together amateurs and professionals in the field of
photography and photojournalism, giving young talents the opportunity to
express themselves. Every year the festival program includes: lectures,
creative meetings; master classes, seminars, portfolio reviews;
exhibitions of Russian and foreign photographers, the final exhibition
of the finalists’ works and the award ceremony for the winners of the
competition “Point on the Map. Small towns." Over the more than ten-year
history of the festival, famous photographers, editors, and art critics,
both Russian and foreign, have visited Uglich: Vladimir Vyatkin, Igor
Gavrilov, Alexander Kitaev, Vladimir Shchekoldin, Mikhail Dashevsky,
Sergei Maximishin, Georgy Pinkhasov, Sergey Ponomarev, Valery Melnikov,
Martin Koller, Peter Puklus, Jonas Staselis, Pieter Ten Hoopen, Ziv
Koren, Alexandre Suttle, Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger.
August
Uglich Harvest Fair
In mid-August, at the height of the harvest,
honey and apple harvest, a harvest fair is held annually in the ancient
trading area of Uglich. At the fair, Uglich residents present the gifts
of their land; all guests can try Uglich vegetables, berries, fruits,
honey, milk, cottage cheese, baked milk and much more. At the height of
the fair, a costumed procession takes place along the main street, and a
colorful buffoon performance takes place on the square.
Holiday
of the working horse (the closest weekend to August 31 - the Day of St.
Florus and Laurus, patron saints of horses)
As part of the
holiday, there is an excursion in a horse-drawn carriage with a story
about the princely stables in Uglich, a visit to the Church of St.
Florus and Laurus, a visit to the Museum of the Working Horse in the
village of Ivashkovo with a story about working breeds and the role of
horses in the life of a Russian person, a horse show with a drawing
foal, master classes on saddling, harnessing horses, as well as master
classes on making souvenir horses “Patchwork collage”, “Engraving”,
“Watercolor”, “Linen”, “Ceramics”.
1 Seltso Grigorievskoe, st. Kirova, 1. In the second half of the
18th century, on the left bank of the Volga, directly opposite the
Kremlin, a rich estate appeared, on the territory of which a large house
was built and a park with linden alleys, ponds, statues and other
required attributes was laid out. The land for it was donated to the
Uglich nobleman P.N. Grigoriev by Catherine II herself, which
immediately gave rise to rumors about the secrets of the
behind-the-scenes life of the imperial family: Grigoriev’s adopted
daughter was allegedly the fruit of a secret marriage of Elizaveta
Petrovna. By the way, on the site given for the estate there once stood
a princely feeding yard, from where, according to local legend, an
underground passage led to the Kremlin near the Volga. Later,
Grigoriev’s daughter married a local landowner N.A. Suponev, and the
estate became known as the “Suponevsky Palace”. Over time, it became
dilapidated, underwent several reconstructions, and after the revolution
it housed a colony for the mentally ill. Then Volgostroy came and built
a shipping canal almost under the walls of the house. To this day, only
the dilapidated main house with a six-column portico has survived from
the estate - it still looks impressive - and the once luxurious park has
turned into a wild wasteland.
30 kilometers from Uglich is Myshkin, a
small picturesque town with fragmentary historical buildings. There is
nothing particularly outstanding about it, except for the Volga
panoramas and the only Mouse Museum in the world - for some reason no
one else has thought of this. The museum is funny, but nothing more.
Besides it, there are a couple more exotic museums and a good local
history museum, but the opening hours of the latter are “tied” to the
schedule of cruise ships and are therefore unpredictable.
How to get
there: the city is located 30 km north of Uglich and can be reached by
bus in about an hour. Buses run rarely, check the schedule.
2 Nikolo-Uleima Monastery. This is the only completely preserved
monastery ensemble in the vicinity of Uglich. According to legend, the
monastery was founded in the 15th century by the Rostov monk Varlaam,
who brought here the icon of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker from the
Italian city of Bari. The first wooden buildings of the monastery
appeared in the same 15th century, and in 1589 the stone St. Nicholas
Cathedral was erected. Its life turned out to be short: during the Time
of Troubles, an undermining was made under the cathedral and it
collapsed, burying hundreds of defenders of the monastery under its
walls. The new St. Nicholas Cathedral was consecrated in 1677 and has
come to us with a porch and a tiered bell tower added in the 19th
century. The cathedral is ponderous and squat, much more elegant is the
Church of the Entry, extensively rebuilt in 1695 and incorporating
fragments of buildings from the 16th century. The church has a
remarkable “two-way” porch, and its decor in the spirit of the 17th
century was restored during the restoration of the 20th century. The
Gate Trinity Church appeared in 1713-1717, around the same time the Holy
Gates and a stone fence with towers, the latter stylized as monastery
fences of the 16th-17th centuries. Now it is a functioning Old Believer
nunnery, but if you follow the usual dress code for such establishments
(skirts and scarves for ladies), you can explore it, which is enough for
1 hour.
How to get there: 12 km. from Uglich, go by bus to Vasilevo
or Borisoglebsky from the city bus station to the stop with. Ulema. Bus
schedules depend on the day of the week.
3 Trinity Church
(1674-1694), p. Marvelous Mountain. The church stands on a hill at the
confluence of two small rivers - Vorzhekhoti and Chechera. Next to the
church runs the Efremovskaya Road - the ancient shortest route to
Yaroslavl. The church is the only thing that has survived from the
Divnogorsk Hermitage, known since the 16th century. In the 17th century,
the monastery was abolished and, by the decision of Jonah III Sysoevich,
a new church was built, the architecture of which mixed features of the
“Ionin” style and Naryshkin baroque. The complex silhouette of the
five-domed church with a hipped bell tower fits harmoniously into the
surrounding lyrical landscape, but it looks best from the north side.
4 Church of the Archangel Michael “in the forest”. The church stands in
a quiet, cozy corner, on the site of an ancient monastery that arose no
later than the 15th century. During the Time of Troubles, three hundred
laymen and 40 monks died near its walls. They are all buried near the
altar of the church in a mass grave in the old cemetery. In 1787, after
the abolition of the monastery, local peasants built a small, simple
church, and the disruptive tiered red-brick bell tower appeared at the
end of the 19th century. Inside, paintings from the late 19th – early
20th centuries have been preserved.