The Russian village was founded in the late 17th, early 18th century by the landowners Rep'evyshy, who received these lands in 1687. Initially, settlers from the Penza province and regions of the Upper Volga settled here, which explains the predominance of the northern Russian dialect of the Vladimir-Volga group. Until 1861, the village was owned by the landowners.

The Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk church, presumably built in the mid-18th century, was renowned for its architectural beauty and was compared to the Ascension church in the village of Golovkino. In 1955, the temple was destroyed before the filling of the Kuibyshev Reservoir. Many legends are associated with this cult building. In 2006, a new Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was opened in the new village.

From 1952 to 1955, the residents of Arkhangelsk relocated from the flooding zone to a new elevated site, about 3 km from the old one, retaining the village's name and its relative unity. Many residents from neighboring villages and settlements, such as Bot'ma and Sosnovka, also moved here.

In August 2014, during the second underwater expedition in the history of the Ulyanovsk region, the bottom of the Kuibyshev Reservoir was surveyed at the site of the flooded village. As a result, presumed remnants of the foundation of the Mikhailo-Arkhangelsk church were discovered.