The foundations of the Protection Church, built in 1698, are well preserved. Archaeological excavations at this site were conducted by the chief archaeologist of the region, Viktor Glazov, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was planned to install a wooden church from the village of Egoriy in the Gorokhovets district at the site of the Protection Church. This church was dismantled into logs and pre-transported from the deserted village of Egoriy beyond the Klyazma River, where it was already deteriorating from age. The logs were stacked on the territory of the Nikolsky, later Troitsko-Nikolsky, monastery, but the church was never assembled. The main reasons were difficulties with funding, uncertainty about the status of the territory and future construction, ineffective planning, and indifference from cultural officials. The church had no direct relation to the museum, and there was no one to care for the future model. Creating a wooden architecture museum, like in Suzdal, made no sense for just one building. Moreover, during the Soviet era, the monastery's territory was used as a dormitory-barracks with minimal amenities and stove heating. The old logs were actively stolen, and over time, the layout and assembly marks for the log cabin were lost. Local residents probably did not even suspect what these logs were. After a few years, there was nothing left to collect; only beautiful drawings of the assembly and restoration project remained in the archives. Building a new imitation for secular authorities seemed inappropriate. Furthermore, local residents dismantled the brick tops of the foundations down to ground level for their needs, and now only a wooden chapel-monument reminds of the former Protection Church.

The history of the wooden church from the village of Egoriy and the Protection Church of the Nikolsky Monastery will remain unknown in official documents. However, it cannot be erased from the memory of eyewitnesses.