In 1751, the first wooden Orthodox church with one altar, dedicated to Archangel Michael, was built in the village and consecrated in 1753. In 1797, Emperor Paul I transferred Akhmat to Lieutenant General P. K. Obolyaninov. In 1827, the old church, which stood on the banks of the Volga and had by then become a three-altar church with chapels in the name of Nicholas the Wonderworker and Dmitry of Thessalonica, was dismantled and sold to Krasny Yar in the Novouzensk district. A new stone church was built away from the landslide-prone bank, and a chapel was erected at the site of the altar of the old church.

The stone Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Akhmat became a vivid example of Russian architectural style. This cold building with a bell tower and chapels in the name of Archangel Michael and Nicholas the Wonderworker represents a single-domed massive rotunda on a square base with porticos on the northern and southern facades, with a dining hall of equal width and a three-tiered bell tower. The interior of the church was adorned with frescoes, remnants of which can still be seen on the preserved plaster. The temple was built on an elevation, making it visible from afar both from the roads leading to the village and from the vessels passing along the Volga. The clergy included a priest and a psalmist, who lived in communal houses.

For almost a century, the church served the residents of Akhmat and was the only stone building in the village. In 1897, a new zemstvo school made of red brick was built opposite the church with funds from Countess Olsufyeva. The revolutionary events of the early 20th century also affected Akhmat. Under the temporary government, on August 6, 1917, a Council of Peasant Deputies was established in Akhmat, and on August 12, 1918, the Akhmat commune 'Labor' was formed. In 1922, the village became part of the Balzer Canton of the ASSR of Germans of the Volga, becoming the center of the eponymous village council. In the 1930s, when the persecution of the church began, the church in Akhmat was closed. The building remained untouched, but the crosses from the gilded domes were removed.

Today, the church, closed during the Soviet years, is in a state of abandonment. The interior decoration has been completely lost; however, the building itself has survived and still majestically rises on the banks of the Volga, attracting the attention of tourists and pilgrims.