In Russian the Transfiguration of the Saviour Church is better known as the Spaso-Grobovskaya Church from the Russian word grob meaning grave as it was built on the graves of two bishops. It was built between 1900 and 1904 in the Russian revival style using the funds of a local merchant. In 1929 the church was closed and its black domes were destroyed and its interior damaged. After being used as a morgue and a house of science and technology it was eventually restored in 1985 to mark the millennium celebrations of Bryansk. The church was once again opened for worship in 1994.