In memory of the tragic death of Emperor Alexander II, who was killed on March 1, 1881, by a bomb explosion arranged by terrorists, the Kursk Duma decided to build a memorial chapel in Red Square of the city.

The chapel was designed in the Russian style, painted light green, and topped with a blue tent roof adorned with golden rays. Icons of Saint Blessed Alexander Nevsky, the Savior, and the Mother of God were donated to the chapel by the iconostasis master I.V. Teresa.

After the revolution, by the decision of the Soviet government, all monuments to royal figures were to be destroyed. The Alexander Chapel also did not escape this fate and was demolished in the 1920s.