The village emerged at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries as a settlement for runaway convicts who appeared here after the suppression of Stepan Razin's uprising. According to local residents, the name of the village is connected to the fact that the lands on which it was formed were transferred to the Nikolsky Monastery in the 18th century. The population of the village was Russian and Orthodox.

In the late 18th century, a church was built in the village in honor of St. Nicholas. It was constructed of red brick and had a tall bell tower.

The peasants of Nikolsk were considered to be monastery serfs. The village had a brick factory where high-quality bricks were produced from local clay. Residents believe that it was from this brick that local craftsmen built the Nikolsk church.

In the 1930s, the church was closed and repurposed as a warehouse and garage. Valuables and icons were looted. The summer church was turned into a club, which burned down in 1992.