Solikamsk is considered the first Russian city in the Urals, founded by Vologda merchants in 1430. The city reached its peak in the 16th-17th centuries, when several stone churches and monasteries were built, which still define the appearance of its center. One of these monasteries, the Holy Trinity Men's Monastery, is located at the entrance to the city between the Usolka River and the central street. The monastery has a long and complicated history: it was founded in the late 16th century with funds from local merchants V. Onufriev and P. Moiseev, and was originally called the Ascension Monastery. In the 17th century, the monastery rapidly developed, becoming a major spiritual center, and a stone cathedral was built here. However, in the next century, the city began to decline, and in 1764, the monastery was abolished as part of Catherine's secularization reform. Ten years later, the empty buildings were repurposed for the Pyskor Monastery, founded during Ivan the Terrible in a village near Usolye, where the Stroganovs built the first state-owned copper smelting plant in Russia. Twenty years later, the monastery moved back to Perm, and the monks from the closed monastery in the Vyatka village of Istobenka, consecrated in the name of the Holy Trinity, were transferred to the vacated premises. Thus, the monastery received its current name. One of its last superiors, the holy martyr Theophan, was killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918, but the monastery survived another ten years as a 'labor commune.' In 1928, its buildings were adapted for production needs, and in 1938, the former monastery became the 'Usollag' prison. Cells were placed directly in the Trinity Cathedral, which was radically rebuilt. The prison existed until 1986.

During the perestroika years, the monastery buildings were handed over to services for the protection and restoration of monuments, although part of the territory remained under the control of the local police. In 1998, restorers left the monastery walls, and in 1999, the first divine service was held here during the Feast of the Epiphany. A few years ago, the monastery acquired a skete in the village of Verkh-Borovaya, where the 17th-century Exaltation of the Holy Cross Church is located. Two churches have survived on the monastery grounds: the Trinity Cathedral built between 1698-1704 and the Ascension Church built between 1731-1734. The cathedral was built with funds from the Surovtsev merchants, who also laid the foundation for the John the Baptist Church in the village of Krasnoye. Initially, the main altar was consecrated in honor of the Ascension of the Lord, but after the transfer of the Istobenka Monastery here, the church received its current name. The Ascension Church was erected with funds from the Turchaninov family, who held a leading position among Solikamsk merchants in the 1720s. It was dedicated after the monastery became the Trinity Monastery, preserving the memory of the former name of the monastery. This is a two-story church with a powerful octagon, characteristic of the 18th century, above which bells were once placed. During the Soviet years, the appearance of the church changed significantly: new windows were cut, and the bell tower was destroyed. Now the church ends with an octagon without a cross. In 2000, the former chapel in honor of Mikhail Malein was consecrated in honor of Bishop Theophan of Ilmen, who was glorified that same year in the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia.