Peremyshl () is a rural locality (a '' selo'') and the

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of Peremyshlsky District of

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. It has a population of .

History

The town was mentioned in 1328, and was a capital of one of the

Upper Oka Principalities In Russian historiography the term Upper Oka Principalities () traditionally applies to about a dozen tiny and ephemeral polities situated along the upper course of the Oka River at the turn of the 14th and 15th centuries. They were reigned b ...

. In the late 14th century it passed to the

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, and in 1407 it passed to the

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. It was a fortified town in the 16th century, yet, it was sacked several times. Formerly a capital of one of the

, Peremyshl contains the ruins of a mid-16th century cathedral which collapsed in the 1980s from neglect. Descendants of the local rulers include the

Vorotynsky The Vorotynsky family was a Russian noble family which was involved in the politics of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Tsardom of Russia. Their lands lay principally in the Upper Oka region and comprised the towns of Peremyshl and Vorotyns ...

and Gorchakov families.

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* {{Authority control Rural localities in Kaluga Oblast Peremyshlsky Uyezd