He escaped to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and married his daughter Sophia to Stanislovas Goštautas.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with nineteen rural localities, incorporated within Naro-Fominsky District as the Town of Vereya.

[4] The Nativity Cathedral in the local kremlin was commissioned by Vladimir of Staritsa to commemorate the conquest of Kazan in 1552.

It was extensively rebuilt at the turn of the 18th century; a lofty Neoclassical belltower was erected in 1802.

The town has a rugby league team, the Vereya Bears, who play in the Russian Championship.