The Old Believer Klintsy Nikolsky-Pustynsky Monastery was founded in 1744 and reached its peak by the early 19th century. Historian I. Loginov described that from the town of Klintsy, wooden gates with a top head led into the monastery. To the left of the gates, along the eastern fence, there were five houses. Along the southern fence stood another nine houses of the same size. From the gates, stretching from south to north, were four huge one-story buildings. Between them were two notable wings. On the northern side were eighteen cells with gardens in front. In the center rose two churches: one, a large cathedral church in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord, about 20 fathoms long, with ten domes and a single-tier bell tower 15 fathoms high; the other church, half the size, was dedicated to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker.

The monastery churches housed several hundred icons brought from old churches and monasteries, as well as numerous forged lamps, cast triptychs, and liturgical books. The icons were adorned with silver robes and brocade and velvet shrouds embroidered with beads. Chandeliers hung from the ceiling with gilded cut-out apples and silver feathers. The relics, altar and blessing crosses made of silver and gold, as well as carved iconostases decorated with red gold, were of particular value. However, with the accession of Nicholas I, an opponent of Old Belief, everything changed. In 1835, the wooden Nicholas church burned down. In 1837, to pressure the monks who refused to accept the official faith, priests were removed from the remaining church. By 1850, only 6 monks and 12 novices remained in the monastery. In 1880, the Transfiguration church burned down.

The revival of the monastery began in 1905 when a manifesto "On Strengthening the Foundations of Religious Tolerance" was published. A fundraising campaign was announced for the construction of a new church in the name of the Savior Not Made by Hands, designed by architect Shebunevsky. Construction began in the spring of 1909, and by the end of 1910, the church was completed, crowned with shining domes. The walls of the church were painted with Byzantine religious scenes. The church impressed with a multitude of icons, two of which were human-sized and in precious settings. The bell tower reached a height of 60 arshins. During World War I, several cells of the monastery were converted into a hospital, which was fully maintained by the monastery. In 1919, the monastery was destroyed by atheist hooligans, and in 1923, the monastery was closed. Until 1937, the church was used as a parish church, and then it too was closed. The building was partitioned, creating rooms that were inhabited by people. People lived in this condition until 2015, when they were evicted from the dilapidated building.