The village of Kuznetsk is located 180 versts south of the diocesan and district city, on the northern shore of Lake Bolshie Iridigi, which has a circumference of up to 12 versts. To the west of the village lies Lake Malye Iridigi, and 200 versts away is Lake Uvildy, known for its clear water and a circumference of up to 90 versts. The village was founded in 1765 by settlers from a village on the Tyutnyara River in the Kuznetsk district of Saratov province. It was named Kuznetsk after the district, while it is known by the river as Tyutnyara. The settlers, 77 families, were purchased by Demidov from Prince Dolgorukov to work in the factories, although another version suggests they were lost in a card game. Demidov settled them on land bought from the Bashkirs, where the village of Kuznetsk is located today. On the site of the current village of Smolina was the Bashkir village of Yurtish, but the Russians displaced the Bashkirs from this land, which according to the Statute amounted to 10.988 dessiatins. The villagers were in serfdom and worked for their lords six days a week, reserving Sundays and holidays for themselves.

Demidov, the owner of the Kyshtym factories, where serfs from Kuznetsk worked, initiated the creation of an independent parish. He obtained permission to build a church, which began construction in 1805 and was completed in 1809, when the village passed to merchant Lev Rastorguev. The church was stone, two-story, and had two altars. The lower altar in the name of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was consecrated on February 26, 1831, and the upper altar, in honor of the Ascension of the Lord, was consecrated by Archbishop Arkady of Perm and Verkhoturye on August 15, 1842. Among the local relics are the icons of the Lord Almighty and the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God. In 1848, when cholera raged in the Kyshtym and Kaslinsky factories, the residents of Kuznetsk vowed to build a church in the village of Gubernskaya, but due to lack of funds, they limited themselves to creating two icons in 1856. They were painted by master Golyshev at the Kaslinsky factory, and the silver vestments were made in Moscow.

The parish includes the village and the village of Smolina, with a population of 3201 men and 3286 women. Among the parishioners stands out Fyodor Vasilyev Muchkin from the village of Smolina, who died in 1892. He initially spread the schism but returned to Orthodoxy in 1887 and became its defender, contributing to the weakening of the schism in Kuznetsk. Muchkin published a brochure about his experience in the schism. The residents engage in agriculture and work in the mines. The parish has two priests, one deacon, and two psalmists. The church-parish school has been operating in the village of Smolina since 1900.

During the Soviet era, the church was closed and used as a cinema, club, and barn. The building is now in poor condition: the floors have rotted, the walls are shabby, and a swastika is painted inside. However, ancient icons and frescoes are still visible on the walls. In 2008, the church was handed over to the parish council, and fundraising for its restoration is currently underway. Nearby are two abandoned parish houses, of which only the walls remain.