In Bolshoye Boldino, besides the church built in 1791 by Lev Alexandrovich Pushkin, the grandfather of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, there were two other churches. An entry from the land registry book of the Arzamas district from 1621, stored in the Nizhny Novgorod region archive, mentions: in the village of Boldino on the Azanka River, previously known as the village of Zabortniki, there was a wooden church of Archangel Michael. The church had icons, books, vestments, church vessels, bells, and everything necessary for worship, as well as church yards where priest Fyodor, the deacon, and the sexton lived. The church lands included arable fields and meadows.

In the "Economic Notes" of 1798, compiled during the description of the landowner's estates, another church in Boldino is mentioned: a wooden church of the Assumption of the Mother of God, located on the right bank of the Azanka River. One of these churches burned down at the end of the 18th century, as confirmed by archival documents. The regional archive holds a case about the consecration of a new church in the village of Boldino, the estate of the Pushkins. This case includes a petition dated July 3, 1791, addressed to the Bishop of Nizhny Novgorod and Alatyr, Damaskin, on behalf of Ivan Alexandrov, the servant of the Boldino estate. The petition states that in 1782, a decree was received for the construction of a stone church to replace the dilapidated wooden one, but in 1787, the old wooden church burned down. The new church was completed and ready for consecration.

The archive also contains a report from the archpriest to the bishop about the consecration of the church in the village of Boldino, the estate of the Pushkins. Many local residents remember the wooden church that stood on the outskirts of the village. The church, consecrated in 1791, had three altars and was dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. According to the Address Calendar of the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese for 1888, there were two priests, one deacon, and one psalmist serving in the church. The priests were I.M. Krasovsky and A.I. Belavin, the deacon was F.V. Livadonov, and the psalmists were S.G. Vedenetsky and V.P. Uspensky. The congregation numbered 2,690 men and 2,819 women.