The village of Blyudtsy, located in the Tomsk province, Kainsky district, Yudinskaya volost, is situated by a small Blyudtsy lake, just 4 versts from the famous Chany lake. Documents from the "Tomsk Provincial Treasury Chamber" contain records of peasants being assigned to the village of Blyudtsy in Yudinskaya volost of Kainsky district, dated 1896. The village was near the Chany and Bezymyannoye lakes. In 1921, the Novonikolaevskaya province was established, which included the Yudinskaya volost of Kainsky district. On December 10, by a decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the Yudinsky district was abolished, and its part, including the village of Blyudtsy, became part of the Chansky district of the West Siberian region.
The church in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, built in 1905 with funds from the fund named after His Imperial Majesty Emperor Alexander III, received 3560 rubles from the fund, 500 rubles were donated by His Imperial Highness the Heir and Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, and 2500 rubles were collected by local peasants.
The stone building of the church with a bell tower, covered with iron, was sturdy and sufficiently equipped. The church did not have particularly revered icons or capital that generated income. No new churches, chapels, or prayer houses were built in the parish, and the allocation of settlements into independent parishes was not planned. Usually, wealthy merchants, where there was a market, donated money for the construction of churches, which is why the church turned out beautiful and amazed with its acoustics. Fireplace heating provided warmth even in the harshest winters.
During the revolution, the temple was decided to be destroyed, but the strong mortar of the foundation and walls made this difficult. During the years of repression, the church was closed by the decision of the Oblispolkom No. 141 dated October 28, 1937. In the list of inactive Orthodox churches in the Novosibirsk region from June 1, 1945, the building is described as a collective farm warehouse: brick, dilapidated, with a leaking roof, without domes and crosses, without church equipment. The priest was arrested, and valuable property was taken away by the NKVD staff. Women from the village saved the surviving icons, taking them home.
In 1958, with the formation of the "Blyudchansky" collective farm, it was decided to use the building as a cultural center. After removing the domes and installing a regular roof, the temple was turned into a club. Inside, the high space was divided by a ceiling, and the altar was repurposed for showing films. The house where the priest lived has survived and is now used as a gym for the village school.
By now, the building of the church has been preserved in fairly good condition, although the fence is half destroyed. The main entrance, which was previously on the west, is now made from the south. The grandeur of the church remains despite the changes. On the walls inside, near the main entrance, there were once painted icons, and their faces continue to emerge through layers of whitewash. Frescoes have been preserved under the stucco, and near the entrance, a piece of plaster has fallen off, revealing a fragment of a painting depicting an angel.
In 2016, by the decree of the head of the Novosibirsk region administration, the Blyudtsy church was recognized as a cultural monument, however, the club continues to operate within it.
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