The place was founded in the last quarter of the 18th century by landowner B. F. Mertvyy by the Kandyz River and was originally called Novopolye. According to records, in 1795 there were already 57 households with a population of 429 people. In 1808, a stone church was built in Novopolye in honor of Archangel Michael, after which the village became known as Mikhailovskoye, and later received the name Novaya Mertovshchina.

During the Soviet Union, the village was renamed Pervomayskoye. By 1980, it had become deserted. Now, only a field and the stone church, known as the Michael-Archangel Church, remain at the site of the village.

In 1980, the last resident left Pervomayskoye, and the church ceased to function. Over time, all the wooden structures of the village rotted and disappeared, while the stone church is deteriorating more slowly. Today, it stands as a stone shell without windows and doors, with crumbling plaster, a pigeon loft on the bell tower, and grass growing inside.