In the Neverkinsky district, there is a village with a symbolic name, Teryaevka, which seems to have predetermined its fate to be forgotten. There has long been no road here, and in the village itself, there remains only one resident, a 91-year-old old-timer. This is especially sad, as this place possesses an amazing beauty and atmosphere worthy of films. Here still stands a wooden church dedicated to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in 1753.

According to the official version, the village is named after its first owner, landowner Alexander Ivanovich Teryaev. However, there is another legend: allegedly, a gang of robbers operated in the nearby forests, which is why people heading here often "got lost." Once, there were about 500 households here, but now only four residential buildings remain.

Local resident Lydia Struzhkina shared that Pyotr Sergeevich brought water from a healing spring located two kilometers from the village. The water was sent for testing in St. Petersburg, where its high quality was confirmed. Perhaps because of this, many residents of Teryaevka lived over 80 years, and Lydia's mother lived to be 98.

The village has preserved a school from the gentry times, and its main attraction remains the wooden church, erected with the funds of Alexander Ivanovich Teryaev. In 1869, the church was rebuilt with the efforts of the parishioners, and an altar in honor of Archangel Michael was added. The church survived the war, revolution, and years of religious prohibition. Recently, the dome and cross, which had stood for almost 300 years, collapsed. The interior retains a three-tiered baroque-style iconostasis and paintings in an academic manner. Remnants of the dome with the cross lie near the church, and seeing these ruins is disheartening: a part of history disappears, and soon no one will remember either the church or Teryaevka.