The ancient village of Kozlyatevo, located on the Lyubna River, has disappeared from modern maps. Now on these maps, you can find the village of Polyany, next to which stands a stone church that was recently in disrepair. This church is the remnant of the village of Kozlyatevo.
In 1685, Kozlyatevo, also known as Koposovo, was transferred to Pelageya Ivanovna Titova's son-in-law, the chamberlain Semyon Matveyevich Polivanov. At that time, the village had the Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior, the Church of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos, and a tent-shaped bell tower. The church housed local icons and deesis, and the bell tower had five bells and a clapper. All of this was built by the landowners. The village also had the estate of priest Savin Yakovlev and a landowner's estate with peasant households.
In the early 18th century, a new church was built on the site of the old Transfiguration Church.
In 1756, with the funds of Yevdokiya Nikitichna Polivanova, a new wooden church of the Transfiguration of the Savior was erected in Kozlyatevo, which still exists today. In 1966, it was moved to Suzdal, to the Museum of Wooden Architecture.
In 1843, the new owner of the village, Count Valerian Nikolaevich Zubov, built a stone church in the name of St. Great Martyr Catherine, where services were held in winter. The church featured the Theodorovskaya icon of the Mother of God in a silver-gilded robe with the inscription: "This holy image is a copy of the miraculous image of the Most Holy Theotokos, called Theodorovskaya, which is in the city of Kostroma." According to legend, this was the family icon of the Polivanovs, which accompanied the local militia under the command of N.I. Polivanov in 1812 and was kept in his house after their return. After the estate was sold to Count Zubov, the icon was transferred to the church.
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