St Nicetas' Church, which is also dedicated to the Dormition of Virgin Mary, was built in 1846 in the Russian-Byzantine style, based on a plan by the famous architect Konstantin Ton. It was built on the site of an older wooden church in a cemetery, now the city's Niktiskoe Cemetery. In 1939 the church was closed and used as a warehouse, its domes and crosses were removed in the process. However it was reopened in 1941 and remained open ever since.