The Nicholas Church in the village of Krivopolyan is first mentioned in the revenue book of the spiritual diocese from the early 18th century as "The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in the Tambov district in the village of Krivaya Polyana of the lower half." In 1792, a wooden Nicholas church was built with the funds of the parishioners, which stood for almost a century. From 1879 to 1887, a new stone church was erected with the funds of the parishioners according to the design of V. Zalesky. The parish also included the villages of Novaya and Staraya Khmelina, Komarovka, and Shishkino. In 1895, a literacy school was opened at the church, which later became a women's church parish school. In the 1930s, the temple was closed. In 1954, the Soviet authorities planned to dismantle the church for the construction of an MTS, but local residents defended it by sending representatives to the Council for the Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow, and the decision to demolish was canceled. In 1991, the church was returned to the church. The church houses a locally revered icon of the "Beheading of John the Baptist."