The modern church of St. Nicholas appeared in 17-18 century in the village Vegoruksa. The small head of the church, its five-sided apse and a spacious dining hall is especially typical for special Zaonega architecture, but, despite this, there is no place in Zaonezhie, which would be located so powerful an impressive bell tower. It was she who reigns over the church, so the church of St. Nicholas acquired more and the value of the lighthouse, which is visible from a distance of many kilometers.

In the early 15th century the village was owned Vegoruksa rich Novgorod Boyar F. Glukhov, and to the 16th century on the site already has a few villages, which are combined under the name Vegoruksa. This facility was especially important settlement on the ancient route, passing from Novgorod to the White Sea. Ships from Shui sailed on Lake Onega right in Vegoruksu where the path went by land to the famous Great Guba, and then - to the north. For this reason, the church of St. Nicholas was not only the construction of culture, but also is a kind of beacon.

By the mid-18th century it was built belfry, which stood alone, and the two-part Kletskaya chapel, which were interconnected by a kind of transition. Toward 1889 the chapel became the church: there was an extension of the altar, as well as room and bell tower of the church have been linked to new hewn passage; exterior walls were covered with planks, and the head and the roof was covered with iron; interior walls were rastesany, opening size have been changed.

The building is a wooden structure, created from the logs. The refectory, the church and go into two covered slope, and the roof of the altar is a pyatiskatnuyu surface. Skating are special cupola located on them with crosses. Completion of the bell tower has a high rafter tent, which also topped with a cupola. Eight police tent and made of red planks with the end in the form of spikes.

As for the interior of the church, then when you look at him, he immediately striking splendor, glitter and decorative LOADING .  Ceilings are ravnovysokie and flat surface, and the ceiling in part, designed specifically for the church, a little higher than the other rooms .  The door that leads from the entrance hall straight to the refectory, dvuhpolnaya with glazing and patch details .  The walls are covered with planks, and their plane slightly above the cap and special dissected pilasters that cover corners and overlogging .  Church of St. Nicholas has large windows, dual zone passage, the church and refectory .  Bell tiers covered with small windows, placed one on the west and south sides .  The windows are decorated with simple framework trims .  The first tier of the bell tower has a wide staircase that leads to the porch .  Temple and joined the refectory of the wide aperture, completes the decoration in the form of an arch .  The altar is separated carved iconostasis, made in three stages, with the king's gate perspective portal .  Himself iconostasis and royal gates attracted the attention of bright gilding .  The thread has a low relief and a small amount .

Wall St. Nicholas Church decorated with lots of icons and "sky" decorated with paintings of great beauty, which goes well with ordinary simple wooden walls .  It is known that in the building of the church there were some particularly valuable and ancient icons made by masters of 14-15 century .  Icons placed not in a small size iconostasis, on the walls of the refectory of the temple .  Most likely, these icons have survived from the previously located here the local churches, the building where they were transferred to the church novovystroennuyu .  The earliest of the icons is an icon named "Paul", which was written in the 14th or early 15th century, the renowned local artist .  In addition, the found valuable works were discovered by the famous artist of Novgorod, who lived in the 15th century .  The icon contains an image of three saints and Our Lady .  This icon was the whole middle part of the small tri-folding, who took with him in the old days on the road .  A unique icon was brought to this place in the "Novgorod" time .