It was one of the military churches built for the needs of the Russian troops stationed in Warsaw, in particular the Lithuanian Regiment.

Built in the 1890s, it was destroyed in 1923, during the recovery of churches recognized as symbols of Russian power during the Second Polish Republic.

The building of the church of St. Archangel Michael in Warsaw falls within a period of increased investment in church building, which took place in the last years of the reign of Alexander III and the beginning of the rule of Nicholas II in the western borderlands of the Russian Empire.

The building was located at 12 Ujazdowskie Avenue, in the area of the city that had large numbers of Russian civilians.

The church was part of a complex of barracks for a Lithuanian regiment that stretched between Szucha Avenue and Litewska and Nowowiejska streets.

It had not been built according to a unified plan for military churches, but from a draft prepared specially for the occasion, which included a way of designing the building with regard to the environment (in particular with neighboring parks).

Richard Mączewski believes that the main reason for the demolition was its bad condition due to abandonment and lack of maintenance.