The church in the village of Kuzma-Demyan was built in 1801 and has three altars: in honor of the Holy Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, and the Holy Blessed Princes Boris and Gleb. For the Nekouz district, the Church of the Kazan Mother of God, erected in 1801, is quite unusual. It is small, with a two-tiered bell tower, a small refectory, and a rotunda. The bell tower is adorned with kokoshniks in the neo-Russian style. Local historian K.K. Ozerov believes that the rotunda was designed by the famous Russian architect Lvov. Almost no frescoes have survived in the church, except for an image of a dove under the dome, symbolizing the Holy Spirit. The wrought-iron fence of the temple impresses with its beauty. The western gates, which were preserved until 2003, resemble delicate lace. However, over the past decades, the fence has lost much. At the northern gates is the former church watchman's lodge, next to which well-kept residential houses begin. Surrounding the church is a cemetery. At the southern wall of the temple, to the left of the portico, lies a large cast-iron slab over the grave of the Sokovnins, the last owners of the Neskuchny estate. In the 19th century, N.D. Sokovnin was known in the Mologa district as the leader of the nobility and died in 1869.
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