Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker on the Vyborg side

In 1864, residents of the Black River turned to the St. Petersburg military governor-general, Prince A. A. Suvorov, with a request to allocate land for the construction of the parish church. At the request of the prince, the Spiritual Consistory chose a plot of land, and fundraising began. However, donations came slowly, only 582 rubles were collected. Then Prince A. A. Suvorov created a commission for the construction of the temple under the leadership of Colonel L.K. Kvitnitsky . The commission included the author of the project A. I. Krakau and several residents of Chernorechensk. But the fundraising business did not accelerate. On April 12 (24), 1865, Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich died in Nice , and one of the inhabitants of the Black River proposed to petition the emperor to build a church in memory of the heir to the throne ^[1] . On July 1 (13), 1865, Alexander II approved the request and Prince A. A. Suvorov created a new commission, which he headed. The tsarevich Alexander Alexandrovich took patronage. The commission included: the chairman, Colonel N. I. Smirnitsky, I. D. Astashev (who donated 1000 rubles), hereditary honorary citizen A. M. Pleshanov , A. I. Krakau and others.

The project was approved by the emperor on August 18 (30), 1866 , and on September 27 ( October 9 ) the Holy Synod blessed to dedicate the church to St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. A land plot on the banks of the Bolshaya Nevka was purchased at the expense of Colonel N. I. Smirnitsky ^[2] from the Board of Trustees for 6001 rubles. On October 1 (13), 1866, preparatory work began on the construction of the church, and on July 24 ( August 5 ), 1867, a grand laying was held in the presence of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich . By the end of the summer of 1867 the walls of the temple were erected, by April 1 (13), 1869 the domes were reduced, a large cross was erected on September 8 (20) , by the end of 1869 the outer walls were plastered, by April 1 (13), 1870 the temple was ready, the interior decoration started. On May 9 (21), 1871 the bells were consecrated. 102,000 rubles collected throughout Russia were spent on its construction and decoration ^[2] . Consecration in the presence of the imperial family on August 17 (29), 1871 was made by the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg Isidor (Nikolsky) ^[1] .

On April 18 (30), 1876, the Nikolaev Orthodox Brotherhood was opened at the church, whose trustee was Prince A. A. Suvorov. For society, a building was built on Golovinsky Lane (Building 8), an attached Gromovsky orphanage, as well as an almshouse with a school ^[1] .

In 1896, the overhaul of the building began in the temple. It was supposed to arrange a lower chapel in the crypt for the early liturgies, for which an extension was made with the central office ^[1] , but the plans did not materialize.

In 1929, the parish joined the renovation movement . In the same year, the temple was closed. The building was used as a warehouse. In 1930, the church was demolished ^[1] . Icons burned in the boiler room at the bath ^[2] . Subsequently, an administrative building was built on the site of the temple ^[2] .

The cross-domed tent-shaped church was built in the Russian-Byzantine style . The walls of the temple were plastered, in some places stucco images were arranged.

The marble iconostasis was built according to the Highest approved project at the expense of the merchant I.M. Vetoshkin (12,000 rubles). Marble choirs in the style of the iconostasis were created according to the drawing of the artist N. I. Barinov .

Among the shrines of the temple was the icon of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky and the saints the Monk Titus and the Martyr Polycarpus in a silver gilded and enamelled robe. The image was presented to Emperor Alexander II in memory of a miraculous deliverance during the assassination attempt on April 2 (14), 1879 and was transferred to him at St. Nicholas Church.

The main dome was covered with iron, and all 5 chapters were crowned with gilded domes.

Bells: large (127 pounds), festive (48 pounds), medium (22 pounds), five small (19 pounds 36 pounds). Donated by the Yaroslavl merchant P.V. Olovyanishnikov.

On March 9 (21), 1874, a monument to Tsarevich Nikolai Aleksandrovich was unveiled at the entrance to the church. It was cast according to the model of A. M. Opekushin ^[1] and created with the funds of artists A. Sokolov and N. Barinov. The monument was a bronze bust of the prince in a colonel’s uniform with epaulettes, mounted on a granite pedestal ^[3] . On the front side of the pedestal in the cartouche, under the crown, the text was cut down: “Sovereign Tsesarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich. He was born on September 8, 1843. He died on April 12, 1865. " The bust was destroyed as part of the demolition of monuments to “kings and their servants” ^[4] .

In 1902, a temporary wooden church of Saints Cosmas and Damian was built near the church, designed by A.I. Kovsharov , seating 600 people. The construction of the church was due to the repairs taking place in the St. Nicholas Church; early liturgies served in it.

• St. Nicholas the Wonderworker church (Chernorechenskaya) on the Vyborg side
• Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker