Mikulino

Mikulin stood on the Shosha as the centre of a small principality within the lands of Tver. Its fortified position lay near the borders of Tver, Novgorod and Moscow, and its princes played an active part in the struggles of the fourteenth century. Mikhail Alexandrovich used Mikulin as a base in his contest for the throne of Tver, which he first obtained in 1365. Under his patronage a stone cathedral dedicated to the Archangel Michael rose within the fortress.

Mikhail's descendants continued to rule the appanage. Prince Fyodor Fyodorovich struck silver coins bearing his name and those of the grand princes of Tver, expressing both his own authority and his connection to the senior dynasty. In 1485 Mikulin passed into the expanding Moscow state with the other lands of Tver. Its former political importance diminished, but the cathedral and earthworks preserved the memory of the princely town on the Shosha.