The churches dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God and the Merciful Savior in Kichmengsky Town of the Southern third of the Ustyuzhsky district are mentioned in the inventory book of monasteries and churches of the Veliky Ustyug diocese from 1755.

The Dormition Church was non-parochial, while the Savior Church had 1,575 parishioners in 1788 and 1,960 in 1868. The Spaso-Transfiguration Church, built in 1805, was made of stone. The main altar was dedicated to the Transfiguration of the Lord, and there were also altars for Archangel Michael, Great Martyr Panteleimon, and the icon of the Mother of God "Iveron." The side chapel in honor of the Iveron icon of the Mother of God was consecrated on October 7, 1882.

The stone Dormition cemetery church, erected in 1898, had an altar in honor of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. Before it, there was a wooden Dormition church built in 1700, also with one altar. In the locality of "Gorodok," there was an attached stone Alexander Nevsky church, consecrated in 1899.