The village of Vosleba is located at the source of the Vosleba River, which flows into the Verda. According to legend, it got its name from Oslyabya, who rested here with Peresvet. From here, Oslyabya went to Kulikovo Field, while Peresvet headed to the place where the Dmitriev Monastery now stands.
In 1629-1630, the village of Vosleba is mentioned in the Ryazhsk clerical books, described as the estate of the boyar Ivan Nikitich Romanov. The village had the Church of the Nativity of Christ with various church belongings, as well as the houses of clergy and laypeople who were supported by the church. There were 60 peasant households and 38 landless households in the village. According to the 1646 census, Vosleba had 244 households, but by the end of the 17th century, their number had decreased.
In the tax records of 1676, the households of the priest, deacon, and church landless man are mentioned at the Church of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, along with 90 peasant and 8 landless households. As a result, the tax from the Nativity Church was halved, and only 10 quarters of church land remained, as part of the land was allocated for state tithes.
In 1734, the number of parish households at the Nativity Church remained almost the same. In 1801, a stone Nativity Church with two chapels was built in the village. The Chapel of the Nativity of the Virgin was built simultaneously with the church, while the Nikolsky Chapel was built in 1870. Both chapels were consecrated in 1871.
The parish now has only 51 desyatinas 1788 square fathoms of church land, with the rest transferred to the city of Skopin. The parish only has a plan, as the boundary book was lost by Nikolai Euseviev. The parish counts 416 households, with 1574 men and 1580 women living there. According to the 1873 staff, the parish includes one priest and one psalmist.
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