The only evidence of the ancient origins of the village is the church of St. Nicholas the Bishop and Wonderworker, with chapels dedicated to St. Demetrius of Thessalonica and St. Catherine the Great Martyr, which, although it has suffered greatly, has still survived. The church was built in 1832, according to tradition, by the local landowner Princess Ekaterina Vyazemskaya. The parish of the village of Ryzhikovo is considered one of the oldest. Previously, there stood a wooden church that lasted for at least a century. According to legend, during the Polish invasion, there was a fortress in Ryzhikovo, and ancient spears, axes, and guns were found in the forests. The village is located on hills divided by ravines, ditches, and streams. The church was closed in 1937 and was used as a grain storage facility. To the southeast of the church is a cemetery.

Currently, the outer walls of the refectory are destroyed to the foundation. The porticos that framed the entrance to the church from the south and north sides have been lost. In the interior of the square space, large vertical divisions of the inner walls are highlighted by window niches that extend to the full height of the room. The iconostasis inside the square space has not survived, and remnants of the painting are only visible on the edges of the vault. The bell tower has three tiers and is decorated with pilasters. A graceful wrought-iron fence of the third tier of the bell tower has survived.

The magnificent stone fence, erected in 1903 through the efforts of the Ryzhikovo church parish trusteeship, has not survived. In the parish of the Ryzhikovo church, in addition to the zemstvo school, there was also a church parish school, the Ryzhikovo John of Damascus Society of Sobriety with a reading room, tea room, and free public library.