The Spaso-Transfiguration Church was built on the site of an old wooden church thanks to the funding of Grigory Afanasyevich Ablyazov, the great-grandfather of A.N. Radishchev, and was consecrated in September 1736. This stone building has an altar on the northern side, dedicated to the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. The main part of the church is a two-tiered octagon set on a two-light square base. The three-tiered tent bell tower has a gallery at the level of the second light. The door to the gallery, located above the western entrance, led to a passage that previously connected the second floor of the manor house with the church. On the northern side, a Kazan altar has been added to the church, where the ancestors of A.N. Radishchev and his son Afanasy are buried. The interior of the church retains frescoes from the mid-18th century and a six-tiered iconostasis, which was moved from the Spaso-Transfiguration Church in the village of Russkaya Pendelka in 1968.
The church functioned until 1936. In 1948, it was recognized as a monument of architecture of republican significance. Restoration work was carried out from 1974 to 1977. Restoration of the frescoes continues in the main church.
Since December 1991, the church has been jointly used by the A.N. Radishchev Museum and the Orthodox community.
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