The Kiltovsky Women's Monastery of the Exaltation of the Cross was founded in 1878 by merchant of the first guild Afanasy Vasilyevich Bulichev from Arkhangelsk, who owned the Seregovsky saltworks. After his death, he was buried in the Solovetsky Monastery as a monk. In 1894, a brick cathedral was built here in honor of the holy Zosima and Savvatiy, the Solovetsky miracle workers. The site for the monastery was chosen not by chance: according to legend, a hermit lived here who erected a large wooden cross near his hut. After his death, the cross, which radiated light, was found by lost travelers. Since then, this place on the banks of the Kiltovka River has been called 'Cross Station.' The miraculous cross is kept in the monastery and is believed to possess healing powers, which is why the monastery was named in honor of the feast of the Exaltation of the Life-Giving Cross. The monastery housed the only gold embroidery and icon painting workshops in the Komi region. Nuns from the Shenkursky Monastery settled in Kiltovo, led by the future abbess Filareta. The monastery owned two small factories, a stable, cellars, residential buildings, and a house for the priest.

By the fall of 1911, the construction of a stone five-domed church in the Russian-Byzantine style was completed. By this time, the monastery had 44 buildings, including economic, residential, and religious structures. It was surrounded by a wooden fence and a brick wall, the remnants of which have survived to this day. In April 1894, six years after the foundation of the monastery was initiated, the Holy Synod issued a decree establishing the monastery on land donated by Afanasy Bulichev in the Vologda province, Yaren district, Ibsk volost, by the rivers Kiltovka and Bolshaya Yel.

The Kiltovo monastery attracted pilgrims with its relics: the Miraculous Cross of the Lord and icons such as 'Theodorovskaya,' 'The Healer,' 'The Quick to Hear,' 'Kazan,' and 'Jerusalem.' In 1918, the monastery was closed, and a Kiltovo labor agricultural commune was established in its place, where former nuns worked. Later, almost all the residents were repressed. Five years later, the commune was liquidated, and the monastery buildings were repurposed as a children's colony, which became an orphanage in 1924.

From that time, Kiltovo became known as Kiltovsky Children's Town. In 1930, the children's town was liquidated, and its production base was transferred to the Administration of Correctional Labor Camps. A year later, the Uhtpechlag state farm was established here. The list of populated areas in 1960 mentions the settlements Kiltovo-1 and Kiltovo-2, which were merged in 1965. Since 1971, the remaining structures of the monastery have been protected by the state as architectural monuments. Currently, the buildings have been transferred to the Orthodox Church. On July 16, 1995, the monastery was reopened. The churches of Zosima and Savvatiy, and St. Afanasy of Athos are active. Nuns live in the sisterhood building, services are held, and economic activities and restoration work of the monastery are carried out by volunteers.