UGLITCH, a town of European Russia, in the government and 60 miles W.S.W. of Jaroslav, on the right bank of the Volga. It is an irregular and ill-built town, partially enclosed with earthen ramparts; and it has twenty-five churches and two convents, a school, and several hospitals. Cloth and paper are manufactured; and there is some trade in corn and leather. Before its destruction by the Lithuanians in 1607, it is said to have contained 30,000 houses and 150 churches. Pop. 9999.