In the Kovrov district, 16 km south of the district center, lies the ancient village of Velikovo. To distinguish it from another village with the same name located in Talsha, it was referred to as "in Medushakh" or "by the river Nerekhta." At the highest point of the village stands the Annunciation Church.

The origin of the village's name remains unknown, but it is believed to have been a fairly large, "great" settlement. It is thought that a wooden church in Velikovo existed as early as the 16th century. During the Time of Troubles, it was burned down, but by 1628 it was restored. At this time, it is first mentioned in the books of the patriarchal order as "the church of the Annunciation of the Most Pure Mother of God in the village of Velikovo in the estate of the widow Princess Ovdotya, wife of Prince Petrovsky Rostov Bakhteyarov."

In 1643, Prince I.K. Yusupov built a new Annunciation Church. The next mention of the temple dates back to 1653 in the census books of Vladimir province: "the church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God with chapels of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, Leontius of Rostov the Wonderworker, and the Prophet Elijah." At that time, a priest named Mikhail Florov and a parish of 94 households are mentioned.

By 1688, the church in Velikovo was dedicated to the Resurrection of Christ. However, less than 100 years later, the Annunciation Church reappeared. This wooden church with a chapel in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker stood until the early 19th century when a stone church was built.

The new stone church was erected with funds from local landowners and donations from parishioners. In June 1808, the warm chapel in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was consecrated, and in 1810, the cold church was built and consecrated on June 6. The church with five domes had a spacious chapel and a tent-shaped bell tower. Later, a brick fence with Holy Gates was erected; in this form, the temple existed until its closure.

During the Soviet years, the Annunciation Church suffered the fate of many other ruined churches. In 1922, part of the church utensils was confiscated. Parishioners and clergy were burdened with high taxes for each service, and the number of services was reduced. On November 3, 1939, by a decree of the Ivanovo Regional Executive Committee, the church building was closed and repurposed for cultural and educational purposes, later used as a warehouse.

For a long time, the church lay abandoned, its domes and crosses collapsed, and the fence was completely destroyed. Only a overgrown mound remained at the site of the Holy Gates. A few stone monuments survived from the church cemetery, and its territory turned into a dump. Ancient tombstones were used for household needs, some of them were used to build a mill on the river Nerekhta, one and a half kilometers from the village. The mill has long been dismantled, but the stones still lie in place. Of the four former parish villages, the village of Tarkhanovo can no longer be found on the maps of Vladimir region. Dacha owners and proximity to the district center support life in the other three villages, while the whitewashed chapel-posts in Gorozhanovo and Chernositovo remind of the affiliation to the parish of the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village of Velikovo, in Medushakh.