Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Astanchurga
The "Handbook on Churches and Clergy of the Vyatka Diocese" reports that in 1908, there was a wooden chapel in the village of Astanchurga, built in 1886. It was a building resembling a large house with a dome topped by a…
Church of St. Anastasia the Deliverer in Chkalovsk
Fifty years ago, during the construction of the Gorky Hydroelectric Power Station, Chkalovsk suffered significant losses as all its churches were lost. Unlike Balakhna, which preserved its history, ancient temples, and o…
Chapel of the Resurrection of Christ in Chkalovsk
The wooden two-tier chapel with a single dome and facades finished in a shingled manner was built in 2007. It is located on a hill near the Chkalov Museum, on the site where the destroyed Resurrection Church stood in the…
Church of the Holy Trinity in Vasilieva Sloboda, Chkalovsk
The Church of the Holy Trinity in Vasilieva Sloboda belonged to the Old Believers and was a wooden prayer house. It was built in 1883 on the site of a previous structure and later reconstructed. In the 1910s, the buildin…
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Chkalovsk Cemetery
In ancient times, all monastery churches in Vasiliev were built from wood belonging to the monastery. The strength of this wood is confirmed by the following fact: next to the Vasiliev stone cemetery church, dedicated to…
Churches of the Ascension and St. Anastasia in Chkalovsk
The city of Chkalovsk was founded in the 12th century under the name Vasilyeva Sloboda in honor of its founder, Prince Vasily Yuryevich, son of Yuri Dolgoruky. The settlement initially served as a backup defensive point …
V.P. Chkalov House Museum in Chkalovsk
The memorial museum of V.P. Chkalov is a complex dedicated to the memory of the famous pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union Valery Pavlovich Chkalov. It includes the house-museum where Chkalov was born and raised, and a pa…
Cultural Center 'Russian Wings' in Chkalovsk
In the Chkalov district, the main attraction for tourists has become the Museum Quarter 'Russian Wings', which successfully combines the idea of mastering speed in the air and on water, embodied by two great individuals …
Chapel of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Fomino
Three kilometers from Purekh, on the banks of the Yug River, lies the village of Fomino. In 1875, a church was built here in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God.
Previously, where the path to the holy spring no…
Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Timonkyino
On September 27, 2015, on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a Pilgrim Cross was consecrated in the village of Timonkyino, part of the Vershilovsky rural council. This event was specifically timed to coincide…
