The Assumption Church originates from the Assumption Women's Monastery in the settlement of Kukarka, founded no later than 1678. Initially, the church was wooden, served for a short time, was rebuilt multiple times, and suffered from fires. In 1740, the monastery was closed, and the church became a parish church. After the fire in 1750, the church was restored in 1764 but burned down again in the 1780s. Even during the existence of the wooden church, based on the church foundation charter from Bishop Lavrenty dated July 9, 1786, architect Filimon Roslyakov prepared a project for a stone Assumption Church.

The stone church was built in 1788 with one warm chapel and expanded in 1796 with two cold chapels. The left chapel was dedicated to the martyrs, later renamed in honor of Sergius of Radonezh, and the right chapel was dedicated to all saints. The church existed in this form until 1862 when a prosperous layer of merchants appeared in the settlement, who actively participated in decorating the churches. From 1862 to 1867, the cold part of the Assumption Church was rebuilt and equipped with heating, preserving the bell tower, refectory, and central part from the previous church. The funds for the reconstruction were collected exclusively from benefactor parishioners. All three altars were consecrated in 1868, 1869, and 1870. The stone fence of the previous church was demolished in 1876 and replaced with a temporary wooden one, and in 1895-1897, a new fence with ornate grilles was built with funds from the Nosov family.

Merchants Yakimov, Koshkin, and Utrobin donated to the decoration of the church, which led to the construction of a stone porch and the creation of a two-tiered iconostasis with 16 icons in the style of Catholicism, painted by artist Andriolli. In the main chapel, the painting was done by students of the Moscow school based on sketches by Vasnetsov under the guidance of Yergunov. In the dome, there are images of the prophetesses Savilla, who may have foretold the fate of the church, as in the summer of 1993, by the order of Archpriest Koval'skiy, the painting in the dome was destroyed. In 1887 and 1889, with the funds of parishioners and Nosov, two chapels were built in honor of significant dates of the royal family. The chapels, resembling each other, were decorated with white carved stone against red brick.

On the northern frieze of the church, there was a painting on a biblical theme, and the domes of the church and bell tower shone with gold. Mirrors were embedded in the crosses. The church housed a valuable icon of "Three Joys" and other icons. In 1918, the church was inventoried for the accounting of valuables. In 1930, the church was closed, the crosses were removed, and red flags were installed. The building housed a museum of religion, and later it was used by various organizations. In the 1950s, the bell tower, refectory, and side tents were destroyed, and the bricks were used to build a water tower. The fence and chapels were destroyed earlier. In 1989, the restoration of the church began. Thanks to preserved drawings, in 1990, the square base, drum, and dome were restored, and on September 8, a cross was installed.