St. Nicholas Church in the village of Ostrov was built in 1860.

In the village of Ostrov in the Yurgamyshsky district of the Kurgan region, Orthodox activists are restoring a church in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. Correspondents 45.RU We looked at the condition of the temple, as well as the famous long wooden bridge over Lake Tishkovo, which connected the Islands with the village of Gubernia.
The initiative group for the conservation, and in the future for the restoration, of the emergency St. Nicholas Church is headed by spouses Alexey and Svetlana Prosekov, graduates of the School of Temple Keepers of the White Iris Charitable Foundation (Moscow). They live in the village of Lesnye Gorki, 4 km from the Islands.
— The project for the conservation of the temple has already been developed, but it has not yet been officially handed over to us. We are currently working on the issue of the presidential grant application together with the Dalmatovsky Monastery," she said. 45.RU Svetlana Prosekova.
With the blessing of Bishop Vladimir of Shadrinsk and Dalmatovo, on January 13, 2026, the Nikolaevsky compound of the Assumption of Dalmatovo Monastery was established in the village of Ostrov. The clergy of the monastery took over the spiritual care of the local Orthodox residents as much as possible.
Residents of the Islands and nearby villages have cleaned up the empty building of a former store next to St. Nicholas Church and created a prayer room there.
Activists now officially accept money transfers to the account of the Dalmatovsky Monastery with a mandatory indication in the "purpose of payment" column: "Donation for statutory activities. For the prayer house in Islands". The bank details are available in the VKontakte group "Let's keep the shrine together."

Photo by Nadezhda Tikhomirov / 45.RU