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Church of John the Baptist in Uvarovka (Lost)

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The village has two wooden churches. The first was built in 1841 by landowner Bestuzheva and has two altars: the main, cold one is dedicated to the Entry into the Temple of the Most Holy Theotokos, and the warm chapel is dedicated to the holy great martyr John the Warrior. The second church, erected by parishioners in 1898, has three altars, but currently only one is consecrated, in the right chapel, in honor of the holy prophet, Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John. Both churches are surrounded by a wooden fence. The church land includes 3 desyatinas of estate land and 36 desyatinas of arable and haymaking land. The clergy consists of a priest, a deacon, and a psalmist. There is a church house for the priest, a public one for the deacon, and a private one for the psalmist, all located on church land. The clergy's salary from parishioners is 200 rubles instead of bread collection, and from the treasury: 300 rubles for the priest, 150 rubles for the deacon, and 100 rubles for the psalmist. In the village of Uvarovka, there are 120 households with 480 men and 593 women; in Valuyevka, by the Sviyaga River, 5 versts away, there are 28 households with 114 men and 112 women; in the village of Zharkovsky Vyselok, by the Sviyaga River, 6 versts away, there are 6 households with 25 men and 29 women; merchants and military in the parish, 35 households with 140 men and 163 women; in total, there are 189 households in the parish with 759 men and 897 women, as well as dissenters in 1 household with 5 men and 1 woman. The church parish guardianship has been active since 1862. The village has two schools: a zemstvo school and a literacy school in the village of Valuyevka, opened in 1893, which is located in rented premises. The nearest villages are Dvoryanskoe and Koromyslovka, both 6 versts away. The distance to Simbirsk is 90 versts, to Sengiley is 94 versts, and to Uvarovsky, in the village of Dvoryanskoe, the volost administration, is 6 versts. The postal address is the village of Terenga.

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Церковь Иоанна Предтечи в Уваровке (Утрачена)

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