The foundation of the Ascension Church can be considered simultaneous with the beginning of the construction of the new Tabynsk fortress. In 1696, Tsar Peter Alexeyevich issued a decree for the resettlement of the archers to the riverbank glade and the construction of a new fort with the allocation of land and resources. By 1698, the nobleman Dmitry Ivanovich Molostov laid the foundation for the newly built city in the Ufa district at the river port.

Most likely, it was around this time that the first Ascension Church appeared. Its name was chosen not by chance: on one hand, in memory of the Ascension Monastery that perished in 1648, and on the other, there was still the Prechistinskaya Church at the springs, where the Tabynsk miraculous icon was located, probably referred to by the people as 'the revealed one.'

Although the new fort was not fully constructed, it withstood two sieges, and in 1708, when the nearby Solovarny settlement, factory, and Prechistinsky Monastery were destroyed, it became a stronghold on the southern borders. During this time, the Ascension Church also faced difficulties, and no one could have predicted that the lost Tabynsk icon would choose it as its place. Almost nothing is known about the first church. There is only a legend that it was built by the first Cossacks and became a parish church in a village then called Monastery. The church was small, and according to tradition, it is said that the current part of the modern Ascension Church is located on its site. It was smaller than the refectory, measuring about 15x15 meters.

On July 14, 1736, a fortress with five bastions was built, and at that time, the Ascension Church was restored: 'the earthen city with five bastions and the Ascension Church.'

The Ascension Church, built under Ivan Kirilovich, was wooden, like all of Tabynsk. On the 1769 plan drawn up by Ensign Nikita, it can be seen that the plot for the church was about 60x70 meters. The church became larger, about 20x30 meters, without a pronounced bell tower and refectory. The altar was about 6 meters long and the width of the entire church. The altar apse accommodated all three chapels. It was in this church that the third and final appearance of the miraculous Tabynsk icon of the Mother of God occurred, where it was glorified and became known as Tabynsk.

In 1793, a fire occurred in Tabynsk, and the church built under I. Kirilov burned down. However, the holy icon and antimins were removed from the church in time. In 1828, the Ascension Church burned down for the second time when the holy icon was taken to the holy springs. The antimins was saved by a Cossack named Kadoshnikov.

A stone church was built in 1848 when the fortress and earthen ramparts had already been demolished.

Tabynsk elders say that two brick factories were built on the other bank of the Belaya River for the construction of the church. The bricks were prepared, shaped, and dried for a long time, and then fired in kilns. Lime was burned on Mount Voskresenka, which was also called 'Shikhan.'

According to I. Zlatoverkhovnikov, in 1897, the Ascension Church was stone, built in 1848 with chapels of Kazan Mother of God and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Four parish villages were assigned to it, and the village had two zemstvo schools: male and female. The church land amounted to 92 desyatinas. In 1914, the parish consisted of four priests and four psalmists. There was also a Tabynsk urban four-grade school funded by Ivan Kuznetsov, a zemstvo hospital, a veterinary clinic, a post and telegraph office, and a photo studio by Stupin I.S. There were industries: tallow, candle, rawhide, oil, dyeing, and tanning.

The Tabynsk church was the richest in the Ufa diocese in terms of income.

In 1905, a large bell weighing 200 poods was brought to Tabynsk.

The architecture of the Ascension Church itself is an open book of its history. In its current state, when the ancient brickwork of the partially ruined walls has been exposed, some decorative details can be identified even without photographs.

The church is executed in the classical style of that time. The main dimensions of the previous churches coincide with the modern ones, indicating the presence of a stone foundation on which the church of 1828 and the stone one of 1848 were later built. Although this assertion is not strict.

Initially, the church consisted of a square three-nave temple with an apse, without a bell tower, repeating the plan of the church of 1736. Judging by the differences in decorative embellishments and window openings, a new, narrower structure was later added to the eastern side of the church, with a large light drum and a rectangular altar apse. The former church was transformed into a refectory, where the altars of Kazan Mother of God and Nicholas the Wonderworker remained.

The dome of the new church was not surrounded by a colonnade, like the bell tower. Perhaps this decision was related to the shifting of the foundation, which caused the dome to collapse during the reconstruction of the 1950s.

After the construction of two-story extensions for the watchman's lodge and the baptistery on either side of the base of the bell tower, it merged into a single mass. The watchman's lodge always welcomed travelers and pilgrims. On the second floor was the sacristy, with an entrance from the church.

The building was made of homemade bricks measuring 25x13x7.5 cm, while the watchman's lodge and baptistery were made of slab stone.

On the northern and southern facades of the church, there were entrances in the form of a portico with two columns. Two rectangular windows on the sides were decorated with round windows of the second tier. To the left of the entrance were three large square windows of the refectory. The square window of the watchman's lodge with a semi-circular glazed opening of the second floor is perceived as a single two-tiered window.

The architecture is dominated by a three-tiered bell tower, surrounded by eight columns, balancing the massive volumes of the lower tiers. Semi-circular niches of the second tier create an impression of dryness with small rectangular windows. The grandeur of the facade is emphasized by a high arched entrance and luxurious gates. The ends of the side extensions are equal to the height of the first tier of the bell tower. The watchman's lodge has an entrance from the bell tower, and the baptistery is connected to the refectory.

The flat decoration of the building is characteristic of the classicism of the mid-19th century. In the temple's intercolumniations are slightly protruding pilasters, similar to the pilasters on the corners of the refectory, which carry a simplified architrave and two horizontal beams.

Four powerful supports at the corners of the temple supported the light drum.

The temple is connected to the altar apse by three arched openings, the middle of which, intended for the royal gates, is wider than the side ones. Another arched opening connects the temple with the refectory. Its three-nave space with four slender columns is perceived as a whole, creating a remarkable acoustic space. The ceiling of the bell tower's base is formed by a T-shaped intersection of cylindrical vaults. The transition to the round third tier of the bell tower is made through stepped sails. The watchman's lodge and baptistery are covered with vaults on metal beams. The flat ceiling of the side naves of the refectory is probably of later date.

The staircase to the upper tiers of the bell tower is arranged in a hidden room at the base, to the left of the entrance.

The closure of the church began in January 1930. On December 14, 1930, the bell was removed, broken, and taken away by the Ural office 'RUDMETALTORG.'

Despite the destruction, processions in Tabynsk did not cease.

Although there were threats to convert the church into a school, this did not happen. The village council decided to arrange a grain warehouse there, but most residents did not enter. However, over time, some Komsomol members began to damage the paintings, iconostasis, and icons, using them for heating. During the Great Patriotic War, an evacuated vitamin factory from Leningrad moved into the church. The machines were small, so no alterations to the church were made.

In 1954, the church was equipped for the Tabynsk canning collective farm-factory, although there was no need for this. Separate workshops could have been built, but an order is an order.

During a thorough reconstruction of the church, the central dome collapsed.