In 1836, a stone church with a bell tower was built in the village of Russian Bokla with funds from parishioners. Both buildings were surrounded by a stone fence with columns and a grille. The church had two altars: the main one in honor of the Kazan Mother of God and a side altar in honor of the Life-Giving Trinity. The church staff consisted of a priest and a psalmist. It had one dessiatina of estate land with a burial site and 19.5 dessiatinas of arable land. The parish covered the village of Nikolaevka as well. As of January 1, 1931, the church was listed as active.

The old-timers of Russian Bokla, recalling the past, always mention the Orthodox church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, built in 1830 by local merchant Ivan Sokolov of the first guild. This was possibly the only stone church in the area made of hewn stone, as local historian and history teacher V. F. Popov recounts. The stone was quarried nearby, behind the mountain.

Vladimir Fedorovich regrets that merchant Sokolov, who did so much for Russian Bokla and the surrounding villages, is unjustly forgotten. His grave behind the cemetery fence is inconspicuous and abandoned.

The fate of the Orthodox church with a bell tower, iron fence, reliable doors and shutters, and amazing frescoes that retained their brightness even years after closure is no less sad. Over time, the former temple was turned into a club, then a grain storage facility, and then workshops. In the 1980s, the dilapidated building with a sagging and partially collapsed roof was demolished and taken apart "stone by stone." The sturdy walls had to be destroyed with special equipment; the rubble was used to pave the road and square near the collective farm administration.

In the autumn of 2015, in Russian Bokla, on the initiative of the Lazarev and Timofeev families, the foundation of a new Orthodox church in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God was laid with donations from the villagers. A little over a year later, the walls, roof were erected, and the dome was consecrated.