Ryakhovo, located near wells, 30 versts from Kovrov and 45 versts from Vladimir, was a village until 1861, part of the Veretyevsky parish. The village of Ryakhovo gained fame during the times of Ivan the Terrible and, like other settlements of the Veretyevsky parish, belonged to the Suzdal Protection Convent. Since 1764, Ryakhovo became a state economic village. In the first half of the 19th century, there was a small stone chapel here. In the late 1850s, the Shvedov brothers, merchants from Ryakhovo, began the construction of a stone church. The temple in honor of St. Great Martyr Paraskeva was consecrated on October 29, 1861. Of the two warm side chapels, the first, in honor of the Holy and Life-Giving Trinity, was consecrated on June 26, 1862, and the second, in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, on October 20, 1864. The church was built with one dome, a tall bell tower, a stone fence, and a lodge. The first rector in 1861 was Priest Peter Noznesensky, who was transferred to the village of Erlykovo in the Shuya district in 1868. He was succeeded by Priest Pavel Petrovich Pokrovsky, who served here for almost 29 years and was transferred to the village of Koverino in the Vladimir district in 1897.

The church in Ryakhovo was under the care of church elders and benefactors from the Shvetsov family, the founders of the temple, until 1917. The sons of Dmitry Vasilyevich Shvetsov, who ran a distribution office for paper yarn in Ryakhovo, became merchants. The most active were Vukol, Semyon, and Ivan Dmitrievich Shvetsov. Semyon was a first-guild merchant in Suzdal, while Vukol and Ivan were part of the Kovrov merchant class. Vukol Dmitrievich Shvetsov was a member of the Kovrov district zemstvo assembly and initiated the creation of a model two-class school of the Ministry of Public Education in Ryakhovo, opened on September 17, 1878, in the presence of Bishop Jacob of Murom and the director of public schools in the Vladimir province, Yu. S. Chekhovich. For the school, the Shvetsovs built a two-story stone house. They also founded a paper-weaving factory in the village of Sergeikha in the Suzdal district, which became known as 'Named after Frunze' after the establishment of Soviet power. The long-serving church elder of the Friday church in Ryakhovo was Semyon Dmitrievich Shvetsov, who made numerous donations. In 1899, he was succeeded in the position of church elder by his nephew Semyon Mikhailovich Shvetsov, a first-guild merchant from Kovrov. For his activities and care for the Ryakhovo school, S. M. Shvetsov was awarded three neck medals: silver and gold on the Stanislav ribbon and gold on the Anna ribbon. During the Soviet era, the Friday church, located in the center of Ryakhovo, was destroyed, and the gravestones of the Shvetsov family in the churchyard were thrown down and partially destroyed. Ryakhovo, being a village, was one of the largest settlements in the Kovrov district. With the construction of the church and factory, the population of the village increased. In 1904, Ryakhovo had a population of 1,010 people in 180 households, and by 1923, the population reached 1,157. By the end of the 19th century, the parish of the village of Ryakhovo included the villages of Saulovo and Plyasitsyno. Among the local peasants, seasonal crafts were common, especially the trades of carpenters and stonemasons. In 1923, Plyasitsyno had a population of 231, while Saulovo had 585 residents.