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Church of the Savior Not Made by Hands in Kumyony

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Around 1675, four peasant families from the Vyatka district settled on the lands by the Kumyony River. These were people who had fallen out of favor with the rector of the Uspensky Trifonov Monastery, including Timofey Yuferyev, the son of the Khlunov priest Foma Popov, along with his peasants. They requested permission to settle on new lands by the water, and they were granted this. The settlement was named Kumyony. Three years later, after the settlers had established themselves by building houses and clearing land for farming and sowing, they decided to erect a wooden church. Timofey Yuferyev and his fellow villagers appealed to the Vyatka Archbishop for permission to build the temple.

On August 9, 1678, Archbishop Ion granted permission to construct a wooden church in Kumyony, consecrated in the name of the Savior Not Made by Hands. The church was built on a foundation of stumps through the efforts of Timofey Yuferyev and his fellow villagers.

With the construction of the church, the village of Kumyony became part of the holdings of the Trifonov Monastery. The parish grew rapidly, and after 25 years, the Savior Church became cramped. In 1703, Priest Averkiy and Elder Vasily Kokovikhin, along with the parishioners, submitted a request to build a new wooden structure, which took 2.5 years to complete.

In 1727, the district elder Khariton Korshunov recorded all the villages of his estate, which included four villages: Spasskoye, Kumyony, Vladimirovskoye, Verkhuemyonskoye, Pokrovskoye, Vozhgaly, and Bogoyavlenskoye, as well as Malaya Kumyona, or Ryabinovo. In Kumyony, fundraising began for the construction of a stone church, completed in 1736. The parish of the Savior Church included 52 settlements located 1 to 9 versts from Kumyony. By 1745, there were 295 households in the parish.

The population continued to grow, and soon the stone church became cramped. In 1741, construction began on a new stone church, completed in October 1745. It was consecrated with an altar dedicated to the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos. The church underwent renovations in 1747, 1764, 1792, and 1877.

In 1747, a small stone bell tower was built. In 1764, a new bell tower and iconostasis were made for the Savior Church. A bell weighing 100 poods was ordered from Slobodskoy. Peasants Sergey Sagadakov and Mikhailo Krutikhins built a new stone fence.

In 1792, due to overcrowding, the altar dedicated to the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos was dismantled, and construction began on a warm church with two altars. By 1795, the stone masonry was completed. The left altar was consecrated in honor of Saints Athanasius and Cyril, while the right was dedicated to the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos. In 1802, there were 591 households in the parish. In 1877, the warm church was expanded and remained in that form until 1936 when it was closed.

The parish of the village of Kumyony became more lively and well-known. Later, near the Savior Church along the Kazan tract, a volost administration was built.

In 1837, the first zemstvo school was opened in Kumyony, and in 1838, a church parish school was established. In 1865, Kumyony had 10 households and 48 residents. By the end of the 1880s, there were 38 households and 217 residents, of which 63 were literate and 12 were students. The entire village had 38 books. On September 29, 1891, a library was opened. In 1914, Kumyony had up to 2000 residents, with 20 commercial and 3 industrial enterprises with a turnover of 8,000 rubles.

Until 1764, Kumyony was the center of the Kumyonskaya estate of the Khlunov Uspensky Trifonov Monastery, and later became the center of the Kumyonskaya volost. According to administrative division, the Kumyonskaya volost belonged to the Vyatka district of the Vyatka province. The zemstvo chief for three volosts: Kumyonskaya, Nagorskaya, and Yakimovagin was located in Kumyony. He had a district constable and clerks. The volost was managed by an administration with a senior and a scribe. The village had a post office, apartments for feldshers, medical and veterinary services, as well as apartments for the zemstvo chief and the district constable.

According to the census of 1910-1912, the archpriest was Ioann Georgievich Popov, and the church district included the villages of Bereznik, Burmakino, Verkhuemyony, Verkhabistritsa, Verkhu-Kyrmyzh, Nizhneivkino, Ramene, Ryabinovo, and Ryabovo. The documents stated: 'The village of Kumyony is 60 versts from the city of Vyatka. It is located on the right elevated bank of the Kumyona River, on a rise of variegated sandstones of the Tatar layer. At the foot of the hill, there is a water mill with a large pond.'

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Церковь Спаса Нерукотворного Образа в Кумёнах

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