In the stanitsa of Staropavlovsk, the church was built of brick with funds raised by the Cossacks between 1905 and 1907. On December 19, 1908, on the feast day of St. Nicholas, the church was consecrated in honor of the Miracle Worker of Myra.

The construction was overseen by Mikhail Illarionovich Gubin, and this building became an outstanding architectural monument of its time. About 500 thousand rubles were spent on its construction, and 70 thousand on the finishing (for comparison, a cow then cost 5 rubles). The main vault of the church was adorned with a painting depicting a blue starry sky. A brick fence surrounded the church. On clear days, the building could be seen from 12 km away, and the sound of the bells reached the stanitsa of Soldatskaya. The priest was Skvozniakov (or Skvoznikov, the exact name and patronymic have not yet been established). He had four sons: Nikolai, who helped in the church, Boris, Evgeny, and Mikhail. One of the sons renounced his father for political reasons.

The church existed for only about 30 years. In 1938, it was closed and began to be demolished. Mikhail Illarionovich Gubin, the builder of the church, was ordered to remove the crosses with the words: "You built it, you take them down," the communists said. This caused a scandal, and Gubin had to leave the stanitsa. Soon, World War II began, and the priest moved to the village of Komsomolets, where he worked as a blacksmith, explaining that this way he was helping the front. Later, he moved to Nalchik, where he served in the church again, holding the position of the dean of the Nalchik district. He died and was buried in Nalchik.