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Church of the Nativity of the Virgin in Mstyora

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The village of Barskoye Tatarovo is first mentioned in the land books of the Suzdal district from 1628-1630 as the estate of Prince Grigory Petrovich Romodanovsky. At that time, there was a wooden church of the Protection of the Holy Virgin in the village, where a priest, a deacon, a sexton, and a prosphora baker served. The village had three peasant households and four landless households. According to the land books of 1653, there were three priestly households, a deacon's household, a sexton's household, and a prosphora baker's household, as well as seven households of church landless people. The parish included two noble households, 234 peasant households, and eight landless households. In 1737, the parishioners appealed to Bishop Athanasius of Suzdal and Yuriev with a request for a blessing to build a new wooden church, as the old one had fallen into disrepair. The bishop granted permission, and soon a new two-altar church was built. It stood until the end of the 18th century, and in 1789, with the funds of landowner Nesterov, a stone church was erected, also with two altars. In 1830, the refectory was expanded, and a third altar was arranged in the name of the Life-Giving Trinity. On May 17, 1882, the church was damaged by fire, but thanks to the efforts of the benefactor Anfim Lukich Kvitinsky, it was quickly restored. New bells were purchased, the iconostases were updated, and the walls were painted. Special attention was paid to the restoration of valuable icons of Italian painting, which were brought back to order without altering the original painting. A significant donation for the church's repair was made by N.I. Protasyev and other heirs of the local factory. On October 14, 1882, the church was solemnly consecrated. At the end of the 19th century, the parish included the village of Starye Tatarovo and the village of Kozlovka with a population of 250 men and 274 women. The parish had a priest and a psalmist. After the October Revolution of 1917, the church, like many others, was closed. According to local residents' memories, the last rector was Vasily Yefimovich Figurovsky, and the elder was Alexey Rakov. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the church was closed, the bell tower was dismantled, and the building was used as a warehouse for the collective farm 'Path of Ilyich.' In 1964, a tourist base 'Mstyora' was established on this site, and the church became a warehouse again. In 1983, the church was recognized as a monument of local significance. It is now in poor condition, and its vaults are still used as a warehouse. Some wall paintings have survived, but the church needs restoration; otherwise, in a few decades, only ruins may remain.

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Церковь Рождества Богородицы в Мстёре

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