Next to Ivashovo lies the village of Pokrovsk, which had four estates owned by different proprietors. One of them was owned by the landlady Molchanova, known for her cruelty, which earned her the nickname "the Kineshma Saltychikha." Despite her wealth, she kept her serfs in starvation, sparing neither women nor children. People worked even on holidays, and those who could not keep up were beaten by Molchanova. Due to such cruelty, she and her daughters were nearly burned in the estate, but the eldest daughter, Nadezhda Nikolaevna, managed to escape and continued to manage the estate. In 1773, a stone church with a bell tower was built in the village, surrounded by a stone wall. The parish included 13 settlements, 72 households, and 501 residents. The church owned arable and haymaking land. Funds for the beautification of the temple were donated by N. Molchanova. Today, the church is in a semi-ruined state. Nearby is the Ilyinsky pogost.
The Ilyinskaya church, also stone with a bell tower, was built in 1816 thanks to the parishioners and landlady Anisya Alferova. The cemetery, enclosed by a stone fence, was located 12 fathoms from the church. Today, the church is destroyed. In the 1930s, the bells were removed, leaving only the cross. During the war, refugees lived in the building, and later it served as a club. In 1948-1949, the church was used as a grain storage and warehouse, and later housed a power station. In the 1960s, the church was closed, and since then it has been gradually deteriorating, as A.I. Golubeva, a native of Pokrovsk now living in Ivashovo, recounts.
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