The St. George "city" church in pre-revolutionary Glazov was the last Orthodox temple built and perished later than others during the Khrushchev persecutions of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was a typical wooden church from the early 20th century, similar to many across Russia, destroyed in the struggle of the Soviet state against religion.

In April 2008, a wooden cross was erected on Korolenko Street in Glazov in memory of the St. George church. However, information about its fate remains fragmentary and contradictory. The recreation of the exact history of the temple became possible thanks to archival documents from Izhevsk and Glazov.

Before 1917, Glazov was the administrative and trading center of the Vyatka province, serving as the ecclesiastical capital of the region. The city had about eight Orthodox churches, including the Ascension-Transfiguration Cathedral, the Holy Spirit Cemetery Church, and others. All of them were destroyed by the mid-1960s.

The St. George church was built last, in the center of Slobodka, where the poorer population lived. In 1896, a wooden chapel was erected in St. George Square, which was replaced by the Holy St. George Church in 1901. In 1902, thanks to the efforts of the Glazov merchant society, a wooden church on a stone foundation was built.

The church was affiliated with the Transfiguration Cathedral and was used for the funeral and commemoration of the deceased. In 1916, a decree was issued to open an independent parish at the St. George church, but its implementation was postponed until 1917. That same year, after the revolutions, severe trials began for the Russian Orthodox Church.

In 1922, a campaign to seize church valuables began in Udmurtia. A commission was created in Glazov, which confiscated several items from the St. George church. In 1923, St. George Street was renamed Red Street. In 1924, the religious community of the church received official status.

In 1929, the church ceased to be an Orthodox temple and was converted into a children's library and pioneer club. In 1937, the building was used as a dormitory for workers. During the war, it housed workshops for an evacuated school.

In 1944, believers attempted to reclaim the temple but were refused. In 1951, the community moved to the St. George church, but in 1962 the building was demolished. Only a overgrown yard remains at the site of the church behind the Korolenko monument.

After the demolition of the temple, there were no churches left in Glazov. Believers traveled to other areas for services. Only in 1988, during perestroika, the community was registered, and in 1989 a new Holy St. George church was consecrated, marking the revival of Orthodoxy in Glazov.