The All Saints cemetery church was built in 1866 thanks to the funds of merchant peasant Mikhail Ivanovich Shaposchnikov and the bequeathed capital of his brother Ivan Ivanovich, amounting to 12 thousand rubles in silver. Family tombstones of the Shaposchnikov family can still be seen in the church cemetery. The church was consecrated that same year in honor of "All Saints".
The "All Saints" temple is distinguished by its tent-shaped bell tower, set on an octagonal drum, and a massive onion dome. The three-tiered bell tower, built together with the church, had a belfry with eight bells. The interior space of the church was a rectangular chamber. The wooden altars and iconostases with carved royal gates, as well as the carvings and columns, were completely covered in gold leaf.
The icons in the main iconostasis were arranged in four tiers and were crafted with great skill by the artist Vasily Grigorievich Pryanichnikov. Among the many icons in the church, four stood out: the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God, the Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, the icon of the Savior in the side iconostasis to the right of the royal gates, and the icon of the Mother of God to the left of the royal gates. The Vladimir and Iveron icons were copies of miraculous ones in Moscow and were of the same size. All four icons were adorned with gilded robes with multicolored stones and were donated by the church founder Mikhail Ivanovich Shaposchnikov.
According to locals, services and church rituals were held at the All Saints Church until 1930. In 1930, the church was closed, and the collective farm named after May 1st turned the cemetery's floor church into a grain storage facility.
Since 1988, the restoration of the church has begun with the funds and efforts of parishioners. The church is currently active.
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