Kremlin of Uglich, Kremlin complex in Uglich, Russia

The Kremlin of Uglich is a fortified complex with seven buildings situated on a raised bank of the Volga River, strategically positioned to control the region. The walls enclose various structures from different periods that together form a connected architectural ensemble.

The first fortifications date to the mid-10th century; the kremlin was rebuilt with ten towers under Prince Andrei Bolshoi in 1481–1491. In 1591 Tsarevich Dmitry died in the kremlin garden, and in 1609 Polish forces burned the fortress. The wooden walls were dismantled in 1784 under Catherine II's regular town plan.

The Church of Prince Dmitry on the Blood was first a log chapel built at the site of the 1591 death of the eight-year-old tsarevich, then a wooden church in 1630 and a stone one in 1692. Its red-painted walls carry 18th-century murals showing the murder and the crowd killing the assassins, possibly by the Moscow master Sapozhnikov; the refectory paintings of 1788 are by Pyotr Klebnikov.

The complex sits on the high right bank of the Volga between the Sheklovka River and Kamenny Creek, with the surviving moat the only trace of the old fortifications. The Princely Chambers, the Church of Tsarevich Dmitry, the Transfiguration Cathedral, the 40 m bell tower and the 1815 Town Hall stand close together, so the grounds can be crossed on foot in a short time.

The brick Princely Chambers, built in 1481 under Prince Andrei Vasilyevich Bolshoy, are among the few surviving medieval Russian civil buildings, alongside Moscow's Palace of the Facets. From 1584 they housed Maria Nagaya and the exiled Tsarevich Dmitry. The ornate porch was added by architect N. V. Sultanov during the 1892 restoration.