In 1835, the village of Gorely Gai had 445 men and the same number of women, totaling 112 households. In 1840, thanks to the efforts of the parishioners, a wooden church was built on a stone foundation, covered with iron and painted white, replacing the prayer house. It had a fence, a watchman's lodge, a bell tower, and a cold altar dedicated to Archangel Michael. By the time serfdom was abolished, the village had 171 households with 660 men and 613 women. A rural road from Nikolaevsk to Samara passed through Gorely Gai, and the village belonged to the Klevensk volost of the Nikolaevsky district in the Samara province. In early 1889, a parish school for boys opened here under the guidance of parish priest A. Blagomyslov and with the society's funds.

In 1902, a project for a new wooden church for a thousand parishioners was approved, with construction overseen by diocesan architect Khilinsky. The church, built in 1905 through the efforts of the parishioners, had a bell tower, heating, and an altar in the name of Archangel Michael, consecrated on September 10, 1906, by Bishop Tikhon. The fence and watchman's lodge were wooden. The clergy included a priest, a deacon, and a psalmist, but due to the parish's poverty and lack of facilities, only the priest and the deacon, who performed the duties of the psalmist, served. In 1910, Gorely Gai had 315 households, 1005 men, and 964 women. The church, six windmills, and a parish school, transformed into a mixed one-class school, were operational.

By 1926, the village had 375 households with 654 men and 750 women, and a first-level school was functioning. During the collectivization period, the collective farm "New Path" was established in Gorely Gai, and the Church of Archangel Michael was closed and subsequently destroyed.