In September 1865, the chapel was laid. It was attended by the abbot of the Nikolsky Monastery Archimandrite Filaret. His monastery was instructed to maintain and supervise the chapel. The responsible builder was engineer Benzemann. In May 1867 he officially handed over the finished chapel in the name of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker to Nikolsky monastery.
     The time of the First World War, the revolution, the rights of trouble do not contribute to the improvement of the chapel. But still she resisted. Survived and the destruction in 1920 by the White Poles of the Chain Bridge. And in a few years, when engineers and workers restore the bridge in a new form according to the design of Engineer Paton. In March 1925, the Provincial Executive Committee ruled: "Given the fact that the chapel has no historical or artistic value, and that it appears preponoyu for normal tram traffic, offer Miskhospovi after reconstruction Hedge bridge demolish this chapel. "


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