The Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky, one of three churches located in the southeastern part of Suzdal, known as Mikhali or Mikhailova Side. Built in the early 20th century, it is the only surviving church in the city designed in the neo-Russian style.

The church was erected on the right bank of the Kamenka River. In ancient times, nearby, at the confluence of the Mzhara River into the Kamenka, there was the Mikhailova sloboda, owned by Vsevolod's brother Mikhalko. Opposite, in the bend of the Kamenka, there still lies the vast Mikhailovsky meadow, surrounded on three sides by the riverbed. The meadow was used for grazing cattle: a wooden fence with an open northern side, limited by the river, prevented the cattle from wandering.

In the 15th century, the former Mikhailova sloboda was home to the village of Mikhailova Side. The land of the Mikhailovsky meadow belonged to the Suzdal archbishop, and later passed to the urban settlement.

Between the Mzhara and Kamenka rivers, ancient Slavic pagan burial mounds, known as the Mzhara burial ground, were located, which includes 359 mounds. It was discovered in 1851 by Count S. Uvarov and studied in the 20th century.

The Church of Alexander Nevsky is practically the only temple in Suzdal designed in the neo-Russian style. In the early 20th century, there was another building in this style in the city, the Sretenskaya refectory church in the Rizopolozhensky Monastery, built in 1882. However, its fate was unfortunate, and the temple did not survive the years of Soviet power.

During the Soviet era, the church was abandoned, but in the early 21st century, it was restored and surrounded by a fence along with an ensemble of a bell tower and two churches of Archangel Michael and Flora and Lavra.

The church building has a cross-shaped form and is made of brick. The rich decor, ornate kokoshniks, window frames, brick patterns, cornices, and columns testify to the builders' desire to bring the temple closer to ancient Russian ornamentation. The temple is topped with a small wide tent with a small onion dome on a painted drum.