The church is located in Presnogorkov aul of Uzunkol district of Kostanay region.Preserved in the territory of North Kazakhstan in the XIX century. One of the oldest Orthodox churches in the beginning.The church was built of crushed stone and burnt brick in 1799 with the help of local residents. During construction, a special mixture of egg white and alabaster was used. The stone church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and the Mother of God of Kazan, and consists of two summer and winter parts, surrounded by a wooden fence. Near the walls of the church is the grave of Lieutenant General Vasily Ivanovich de Saint Laurent, the head of the Omsk regional administration, who died suddenly in 1835 while touring the region.From the memoirs of YF Ermolaev (born in 1926): “Nikolsky Church was located in the central square. A magnificent architectural building with a large and a small church tower. Bells of various shapes hung on the four sides of the big tower. On the north side - the largest bell, cast in 1678, on the east - 2 bells, on the west - 8 small bells. The second tower is lower than the first and is located in the eastern part of the church. The roof was covered with tin and shone like new. ” In 1938 the church was closed and turned into a granary. In 1991, the church was partially renovated and reopened.
References: Regional sacred sites of Kazakhstan. –Astana: Foliant, 2017. –289 p; The sacred Kazakhstan, Volume 3 –Astana: 2019. –207- p.
