At the highest point of Gorokhovets stands the Nikolayevsky Monastery, where an ancient fortress once stood, marking the beginning of the city's history. After a long period of neglect, the monastery was restored to its former glory. Almost in the center of the monastery, next to the altar of the Trinity Church, there is a massive entrance chapel with a small dome. This is the chapel over the tomb of Pyotr Pavlovich Kozhin.

Visitors are usually not allowed into the chapel, as it is the burial crypt of the hero of the Crimean War, the provincial leader of the nobility of Vladimir, a secret advisor, and knight Pyotr Pavlovich Kozhin. He was a well-known aristocrat, one of the most influential people in the region, a philanthropist and patron, as well as an honorary trustee of the Vladimir provincial gymnasium. Kozhin passed away in September 1890 at the age of 61 and was buried in a specially arranged crypt in the Nikolayevsky Monastery, which he had long supported.

Above his crypt, a chapel was erected, which previously housed a marble monument with the inscription: "To Pyotr Pavlovich Kozhin, from the grateful nobility of Vladimir province." In the 1930s, after the monastery was closed, the chapel and crypt were looted in search of mythical treasures.

Having extensive connections in St. Petersburg and at the royal court, secret advisor Kozhin served as the provincial leader of the nobility of Vladimir from 1870 to 1884. He actively defended the interests of the Vladimir region and had the right to address the emperor directly, bypassing intermediate instances. When necessary, Pyotr Pavlovich took advantage of this opportunity, including for the benefit of the Vladimir zemstvo, at the meetings of which he presided and even headed the Vladimir provincial zemstvo administration for some time. He was half-jokingly referred to as the second governor.