According to the "Nizhny Novgorod Toponymic Dictionary" by N.V. Morokhin, the village of Zarechnoye was formed in 1965 as a result of the merger of the village of Bolshie Seryakushi and the village of Malye Seryakushi. The name has Eryan origins and comes from the words "serey" (high) or "serya" (acorn) and "kuzho" (glade). These settlements have been known since the 17th century.

The "Address Calendar of the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese" from 1904 mentions that a parish school was operating in the village. Before the 1917 revolution, land in the vicinity of the village of Seryakushi and the village of Malye Seryakushi was owned by landowners V.A. Eshman, E.A. Ostrovskaya, I.K. Rybnnikov, N.P. Yundzel, as well as merchant A.E. Kalmykov and his brother G.E. Kalmykov. In 1917, Princess Zvenigorodskaya owned 373 desyatinas of land near Malye Seryakushi.

According to data provided by the "Places of Memory-2013" project by E.A. Sorokoumova, Ilinskaya, there was a manor park here that was later cut down by local residents. The estate of the Zvenigorodskys often hosted representatives of several princely families, as confirmed by photographs from the archive of the estate's descendants.

The Savior Church is a monument of urban planning and architecture. It has a main cold altar of the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands and a cold chapel of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. The church dates back to 1810, and its status as a monument was confirmed by an order dated April 24, 2000, No. 5-OD. The temple is located on the outskirts of the village, in the cemetery.

The village also has an older wooden church with a main cold altar of the Image of the Savior Not Made by Hands and a warm chapel of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, dated 1776.