The old wooden Somov Church in the name of the Protection of the Holy Mary with chapels in the name of Saint Nicholas and Saint George was 60 sazhen from the high road. It is unknown when exactly it had been built but it existed before 1671, as could be found out based on the ornamental inscription on a wooden pedestal for the altar icon of the Mother of God, stating: "Put this candle in the Protection of the Holy Mary Church Prokofy Afanasyevich years 7179."
