The history of the village of Bolshoye (Great) Karinskoye began in the 15-th century when it was a part of the palace region with the center in Alexandrova Sloboda (the Settlement of Alexandrov). The name of the village appeared on the pages of History during the Polish – Lithuanian invasion, when, in 1609, near the village a battle between the troops of Russian prince Michail Vasilievich Skopin – Shooysky and Sapega’s troops took place. The battle was terrible, but the Russians won the victory.
Later Karinskoye was ruined and its name was mentioned again only in 1642 as the tsar’s palace village. That time there was a wooden church in the name of St. John the Baptist on
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