The place where my childhood took place is truly amazing. On the shore of the Holy Swamp is a complex that includes a church, a fence with holy gates, and a church parish school building. By the end of the 20th century, there was no trace left of the village of Zhukovo. Even the apple orchards and decorative trees, which usually indicate the location of streets in vanished villages, merged with the young underbrush. The only place where life still persisted was the cemetery, which may seem paradoxical, but residents of nearby villages are still buried there. The school building is of particular interest, being an unusual monument of local architecture. I have not encountered similar buildings anywhere else. In the 1980s, there was an attempt to dismantle the school for bricks, but due to the sturdy masonry, the walls broke in large chunks. This attempt marked the beginning of the school's destruction under the influence of nature, as the disrupted integrity of the building left no chance for its preservation.

The church in the village of Zhukovo, built of stone along with the bell tower, was erected in 1835 with funds from the parishioners to replace two burned wooden churches. Surrounding the church is a stone fence, within which lies the cemetery. The church has three altars: in the cold part in honor of the feast of the placement of the robe of the Most Holy Theotokos at Blachernae, in the warm part, in the name of Saint Nicholas of Myra, and in the name of Cosmas and Damian. The distance from Kostroma is 190 versts, from Soligalich, 45 versts.

The complex of rural cult buildings is characteristic of its time, and the most interesting is the church in the style of late classicism, typical for the Kostroma region. It is located on an elevation, on the cemetery of the vanished village, to the north of the road to Chukhloma. The church with the chapels of the Transfiguration and Cosmas and Damian was built, according to some sources, in 1835, and according to others, in 1844, which may reflect the entire construction period from laying the foundation to consecration. The fence with gates was likely erected during the same period or in the mid-19th century. The church parish school with the priest's apartment on the second floor dates back to the second half of the 19th century.

The Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker is the dominant structure of the complex. The rectangular area around it, occupied by the cemetery, is enclosed by a fence with holy gates located on the northern side, aligned with the refectory. Outside the fence, to the north of the church, is the church parish school. All the buildings in the complex are made of brick and whitewashed.