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Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Kurovskoe

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The village of Kurovskoe is located in the northern part of the district, 160 versts from the diocesan city, 30 versts from Kamyshlov, and 16 versts from the station "Aksarika" of the Tyumen railway. It is situated by the Yurmych River in a dry and healthy area with black soil, clayey and sandy soil in places. Until 1770, Kurovskoe was a village of the Yurmytsky parish, located 12 versts away. From this time, at the request of the residents, the village of Kurovskoe became an independent parish, which included the villages: Krapivina (1 verst), Lugovaya (5 versts), Portomoyka (7 versts), Bolshaya and Malaya Pulnikova, Bolshaya and Malaya Kvashnina. The last four villages later formed the independent Kvashninsky parish.

After the separation of the Kvashninsky parish, the Kurovsky parish included the village of Kurovskoe and the villages: Krapivina, Lugovaya, and Portomoyka, with a population of 1468 men and 1608 women. All the residents of the parish are Orthodox Russian peasants, whose main occupation is agriculture. In winter, many engage in sawing wood and cutting firewood for fuel.

On August 18, 1770, with the blessing of Bishop Varlaam of Tobolsk and Siberia, a wooden church in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker was laid, and on May 9, 1772, it was consecrated. After 29 years, in 1799, due to weak soil, the church was moved to another location, where it stood for 38 years and fell into disrepair. In 1838, at the request of the parishioners and with the blessing of Archbishop Arkady of Perm and Verkhoturye, a stone two-altar church was laid. The warm church was consecrated on November 14, 1840, in honor of the holy martyrs Flora and Lavra, and the cold one in 1848 in honor of St. Nicholas. In 1867, due to the small capacity of the warm church, its expansion began with the addition of two chapels: northern and southern. They were consecrated in 1882 and 1883, respectively.

In 1896 and 1897, with the permission of the Yekaterinburg diocesan authorities, a stone fence with iron grilles was erected around the church, and a stone school building was constructed. These works were carried out with the funds of the parishioners and the church parish guardianship. The parish has two chapels: one stone at the parish cemetery, built in 1858 by peasant Feodul Ustyantsev, and the other, wooden on a stone foundation in the village of Portomoyka, in honor of the holy apostles Peter and Paul. The clergy, consisting of a priest and a psalmist, are housed in public buildings. In the village of Kurovskoe, there is a zemstvo public school, and in the village of Portomoyka, a church school for literacy since 1893.

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Церковь Николая Чудотворца в Куровском

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