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Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Koryaky
Permission for the construction of a new stone church was obtained, and in the second half of 1875, the foundation of the temple began. In 1879, the right chapel of the warm stone church in the name of the Presentation o…
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Church of Peter and Paul in Sobolevo
In 1882, the Sobolevsky settlement became the center of the district, with the establishment of a parish and the formation of the village of Sobolevo. A wooden church was acquired and installed for the parish. However, i…
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Church of the Epiphany of the Lord in Yakhrenka
According to the scribal books of 1630, there were two village churches in the Yakhrenka parish at that time. In 1760, the construction of a two-story stone church began with funds from P. Kokovin. The lower warm church …
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Church of the Icon of the Mother of God 'Joy of All Who Sorrow' in Sholge
A small stone church, located on an elevation of the left bank of the Yug River, was designed to be visible from afar, but is now completely hidden in the greenery of an overgrown cemetery grove. The architectural design…
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Trinity Church in Sholge
The first wooden church of Flora and Lavra on the Sholge River is mentioned in the records since 1618. The river that gave its name to this place has now turned into a small stream, dividing the village into two parts. T…
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Church of Elijah the Prophet in Utmanovo
The brick two-story church with six chapels has a cross-shaped plan with an elongated western wing. It belongs to the centralized non-columnar churches with a tiered completion. The construction of the church took place …
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Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Podosinovets
The brick two-story church is located in the center of the village, not far from a cliff. In recent years, a massive building of the district House of Culture has been constructed nearby, which has blocked the view of th…
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Spaso-Orlovsky Men's Monastery
The idea of creating the monastery belonged to Archbishop Ion, who learned about the existence of a chapel with an unmade image of the Savior in the forest near Orlov. Inspired by this, he decided to establish a monaster…
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Church of Nicholas the Wonderworker in Istobenka
The Nikolskaya church, built in 1768 on the site of a wooden one, has existed for over 240 years and is an example of the local architectural style known as "Vyatka Baroque." The construction was led by Nikita and Danila…
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Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Istobenka
Before the revolution, there was a legend in the Istoben district about a battle between the Ustyugans and the Ryazans, which took place in ancient times on the shore near the village. In memory of this event, a stone ch…