On Krasnoarmeyskaya Street, formerly known as Alexandrovskaya, stands a partially ruined building in the modern center of the city, once the majestic Grado-Biysk Alexander Nevsky Church. The red-brick church was laid on October 8, 1900, on the site of an old wooden one. The project was developed by the talented architect Stanislav Vikentievich Khomich from Tomsk. The church was built with funds bequeathed by merchant Alexey Vikulovich Sokolov, as well as with the support of merchants Alexander Ivanovich Khakin, Vlasiy Maksimovich Rybakov, and the church elder Arkhip Alexandrovich Borzenkov. Additionally, funds were raised by parishioners.

On October 9, 1905, the church was solemnly consecrated by Bishop Innocent Sokolov of Biysk. The five-domed church with a two-tiered bell tower became one of the largest Orthodox structures in Altai. It had three altars: the main one in honor of Saint Alexander Nevsky, and two others in honor of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and Saint Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow. In 1905, the church was richly equipped with liturgical items, including 17 priestly vestments and 3 silver-plated chalices. The library had 195 books in 1908.

According to the Tomsk diocese's staff, the clergy included two priests and two psalmists. The first rector was Vasily Klimov, who served in the wooden church until 1908. He became a member of the State Duma in 1908, actively addressing workers' issues. After the 1917 revolution, he returned to the Tomsk diocese. He was arrested in 1930 and 1937 on charges of anti-Soviet agitation and was shot in 1937. He was posthumously rehabilitated in 1958.

In 1909, the rector became Nil Glushinsky, and the junior priest was Georgy Serebryansky. In 1911, the church was led by Alexander Yakhontov, who also taught at the church school and headed the sobriety society. The church elder from 1905 to 1912 was A. A. Borzenkov, followed by Georgy Yagovtsev and Vasily Potanin.

The parish owned the Nikolskaya chapel, a women's school, and three schools of the Ministry of Public Education. In the 1920s and 1930s, the church remained an important religious center. In 1939, the church was closed, and a blacksmith's shop and warehouses for the 'Electroforge' plant were placed in its building. In the 1940s, the bell tower was demolished, and the building underwent renovations.

Despite the changes, the church remains a valuable architectural monument. Fragments of frescoes and stucco have survived in the interior. Since the mid-1990s, negotiations have been ongoing for the building to be returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. In 2015, the equipment was dismantled, and in 2016, services began.

The revival of the Alexander Nevsky Church will give Biysk a special color and become a symbol of spiritual growth. We believe that the day will come when the restored church will once again open its doors and the sound of bells will call people to worship.