The Blagoveschensky Sobor of the Votkinsk Plant of the Sarapulsky District of the Vyatka Province and Its Abbots
The history of the Blagoveschensky sobor and its abbots before 1919 is still full of white spots and inaccuracies. On the basis of archival documents introduced into circulation for the first time, some of the facts of the history of the cathedral are revealed and for the first time in Votkinsk historiography a complete list of its main spiritual ministers is given, as well as their biography is revealed, their places of residence and burial are specified. The personalized approach to the study of the history of the Blagoveschensky sobor of the Kamsko-Votkinsky plant has not been the subject of special scientific research until now, therefore it is very relevant. The study revealed that the following archpriests of the Blagoveschensky sobor performed priestly duties in the village of Votkinsky Plant: Vasily Georgievich Blinov (from 1811 to 1846), Mikhail Timofeevich Preobrazhensky (from 1846 to 1888), Andrey Ivanovich Chernyshev (from 1888 to 1901), Mikhail Grigorievich Utrobin (from 1894 to 1899), Nikolai Ivanovich Koshurnikov (from 1899 to August 1918) and Alexander Petrovich Vinogradov (from the beginning to the end of 1918 year). They were also the rectors of the cathedral and the Deans of the district, except for the period from October 15, 1914 to the end of 1916, when the Dean of the V district of the Sarapulsky district of the Vyatka province was Priest Nikolai Andreevich Chernyshev, who on January 2, 1919 was shot by the Bolsheviks “for participating in the gathering for the needs of the People's Army and for acquaintance” with the leader of the Votkinsk uprising, which took place in August-November 1918, and on March 7, 2018 was canonized as a Saint of the Russian Land and Udmurt.