The stone church in honor of John Chrysostom, preserved in Ivanovka, was built by the efforts of parishioners in 1822. The clergy included a priest and a psalmist, for whom public houses were provided. The exact date of the church's closure is unknown, but there is information that it remained the only place for worship in the area in the early years after the war. The building is now in a state of neglect: the refectory part and roof have been completely lost, while the altar and part of the bell tower have partially survived. The restoration of the church began at the request of the residents of Ivanovka in 2012.

The village of Ivanovskoye, also known as Matyushkino, was founded between 1800 and 1822 along the rural road from Saratov to Kuznetsk. The lands and peasants belonged to the landowner Vorontsov-Dashkov. At the time of the abolition of serfdom, the village had 737 women and 721 men, totaling 264 households. There was an Orthodox church, a sheepfold, a factory, and five mills. As part of the Saratov district of the Saratov province, the village was the center of the Ivanovskaya region, with one peasant community. The residents were Russian and Orthodox. By the early 20th century, the village had zemstvo and parish schools, a feldsher-midwife station, and a post office. According to data from 1911, Ivanovka had a population of 2400 and 298 households.