The Church of the Life-Giving Spring was built by the Stremoukhov family on the site of a previous wooden structure. Construction lasted about 12 years and was completed in 1834. The church was named in honor of a holy spring that once existed at the beginning of the village, but unfortunately, it has not survived. Large processions were held here, attracting people from neighboring districts, and a fair known throughout the province was also organized.
In the 1920s, the church faced the fate of many Russian churches: according to local residents' memories, looting and destruction began in 1927 and continued until after the war in 1947. The building was used as a grain storage facility, for which part of the wall was broken through on the southern side to allow vehicles to pass. The domes were lost, and now they are replaced by a wooden roof. Only two frescoes and the decorative grille of the window openings in the altar part have survived.
Unfortunately, the restoration of the church began and continues without any project documentation.
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