The village of Yurkov is located on the Sna River. Until the 18th century, it was a palace village belonging to the sovereign. The church in Yurkov existed as early as the beginning of the 17th century and is mentioned in the revenue books of the Patriarchal Treasury in 1628: "The Church of the Archangel Michael in the sovereign's palace village of Yurkov pays seventeen altyns and four dengas per ten-rye grivna." In 1654, according to a new survey, it was established: "the tax is 19 altyns and 2 dengas, for entry one grivna." Throughout the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries, the church was wooden.

In 1835, thanks to the efforts of the parishioners, a stone church with a stone bell tower was built, and in 1862 they were enclosed by a stone fence. The church has three altars: in the cold part in honor of the Archangel Michael, consecrated in 1835, and in the warm chapels in honor of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos, consecrated in 1830, and in the name of Saints Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom, consecrated in 1854.

The land associated with the church included one and a half desyatinas of homestead land, 4 desyatinas and 770 square sazhens of hayfield, and 32 desyatinas of arable land. The clergy consisted of a priest and a psalmist. The income for the maintenance of the clergy amounted to: 9 rubles 72 kopecks from church capital, 30 rubles from bread collection, up to 300 rubles for sacramental services, and 300 rubles from land, totaling about 640 rubles per year. The clergy had their own houses on church land.

The parish included the village of Yurkov and the village of Vyndovo, located two versts from the church. In total, there were 130 households in the parish, with 385 men and 490 women living there. The village also had a zemstvo public school.

During the Soviet era, the church was closed and desecrated, its bell tower and altar were destroyed.