The church was built at the city cemetery thanks to the funding from one of the largest entrepreneurs of the Olonets province in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first guild merchant from Pudozh, Nikolai Alexandrovich Bazegsky.

The laying of the temple took place on May 7, 1902. The construction was made of bricks produced at a small factory owned by N.A. Bazegsky. By early 1903, the work was completed, and the church was consecrated. The building is executed in the Russian style characteristic of provincial towns in the early 20th century. The church has a rectangular temple part with a narthex and a narrower three-walled altar. The roof of the temple is adorned with five onion-shaped domes on high octagonal drums.

In 1906, a stone four-tiered bell tower was built and consecrated next to the church, also funded by N.A. Bazegsky. The three lower tiers are square, while the upper, open ringing tier is octagonal. The bell tower was topped with a large onion-shaped dome. The facades of the church and bell tower are designed in the Russian style. The temple complex became an important element of urban planning in the historical part of Pudozh. For the construction of the church, N.A. Bazegsky received the Order of St. Anna of the 3rd degree, and for the bell tower, the Order of St. Anna of the 2nd degree.

In the early 1930s, the Alexander Nevsky Church was closed and used as workshops and a warehouse for the Pudozh MTS, and in 1939, as a Defense House. During the Great Patriotic War, it housed a bakery, and later a grain storage. In the early 1960s, the building became a dairy plant. As a result, the domes were removed from the church and bell tower, the upper tier of the bell tower was dismantled, several windows were bricked up, and additional rooms were added, covering the lower tiers of the bell tower and the facades of the church. The interiors were significantly altered due to the dairy equipment, and the temple lost its architectural significance.

In the early 2000s, the temple complex was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church, and restoration began for the Murom Monastery's courtyard. Due to numerous alterations, significant restoration work was required. To date, thanks to the efforts of the parish, a dome has been installed over the temple part, windows and doors have been replaced, internal arrangements are being completed, choirs and an iconostasis have been installed, the bell tower is being restored, and engineering communications are being brought in. Repairs are underway in the passage between the church and the bell tower for an evening school. Although the work is not yet finished, the church is already functioning and services are being held there. The Alexander Nevsky Church has once again become an Orthodox center in the ancient city of Pudozh.