V. G. Vovina-Lebedeva. Peasants of Ust’-Izhora and their church // Petersburg historical journal,
no. 2, 2022, pp. 118–134

Abstract:

The village of Ust-Izhora on the bank of the Neva is known in connection with the battle at Neva
in 1240. Already in the time of Peter the Great, the first wooden church in the name of St. Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky was built. Materials TsGIA SPb allow to restore some stages of the life of the church and its parish in the 19th — early 20th century. The industrial development of the country affected the life of the suburban villages. Ust’-Izhora Church of St. Alexander Nevsky became the center of spiritual life for a wide district, which included not only local peasants, but also numerous working people. The reconstruction of the stone temple and its decoration were carried out at the expense of the peasants of Ust’-Izhora, some of whom were wealthy brick manufacturers and timber merchants. Even after the revolution of 1917, the church of St. Alexander Nevsky in the village Ust’-Izhora was not plundered thanks to the intercession of local peasants, to whom this property passed. They managed to preserve the values of the temple even during the period of mass confiscation of church property, so the church of St. Alexander Nevsky was closed only in 1934.

Key words: Ust’-Izhora, Kononovy, Zakharovy, Gusarovy, the church of St. Alexander Nevsky.

Author:

Vovina, Varvara — Dr., Leading researcher, St. Petersburg Institute of History, Russian Academy
of Sciences.
E-mail: Varvara_Vovina@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000-0003-1465-4139

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