In Zaonezhye, 39 cult architectural objects have been preserved. Among them stands out the Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, located in the center of a group of villages later united under the name Vegoruksy. The church sits on a small hill, surrounded on three sides by an old cemetery. This is a wooden church, built from logs and connected to the bell tower. The bell tower is designed as an octagon on a square base and topped with a high tent roof with a dome. The interior of the church reflects the characteristic trend of the late 19th century of combining the prayer hall with the narthex of the refectory by removing the wall that separated them.

The church was part of the Velikogubsky parish, which included about a dozen chapels and three churches, two of which were located in Velikaya Guba. The Nicholas Church is situated on the southern part of the eastern shore of the Unitsa Bay of Lake Onega and served a vast territory, including both shores of the Unitsa Bay and partially the Lizhemskaya area.

The history of the temple began with the construction of a wooden chapel and a separate tent bell tower connected by a passage in the mid-18th century. In the late 19th century, at the request of parishioners, the chapel was rebuilt into a church, as services were no longer held in the wooden church of Velikaya Guba due to its dilapidation. After obtaining permission and raising funds, an altar was added, the church space was expanded, and the passage was remodeled. Due to a lack of funds, work continued after the consecration of the church, and only in the early 20th century did the church acquire its final appearance. A fence was built around the church from donations, and in 1895, a church-parish school was opened.

There is no information about repairs to the church after 1917. In the 20th century, the temple fell into disrepair, and in the early 1990s, restoration began. By this time, valuable icons had been removed by the Karelian Museum of Fine Arts, and the painting and structures of the 'sky' by the Kizhi Museum-Reserve. Restoration work was carried out by the Karelian Scientific Restoration Administration. The lower crowns, roofs were replaced, domes, decor, window and door fillings were restored, and the sheathing and structures of the beam 'sky' were restored. In 1998, the roofs of the bell tower's tent were treated with a hydrophobic composition of wax, resin, turpentine, and linseed oil. Thanks to the restoration, the church regained the appearance it had at the end of its construction history.

Currently, the temple is not active. There are no permanent residents left in Vegoruksy, and several houses are used as summer cottages. Archival sources report that in the second half of the 19th century, there were 39 households in Vegoruksy with a population of 306, and by the early 20th century, the number of households had increased to 48, with the population rising to 387. Now, the only reminders of the once large village are the abandoned old houses and the church, which still serves as a landmark.