On the night of September 25, 1911, on the banks of the Volga, near the village of Ermakovo, retired staff captain Alexey Lyupov was robbed and murdered. Born in Stavropol-on-Volga, he participated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, commanded an artillery battery, and received six combat awards. After the fall of Port Arthur, he was captured by the Japanese but refused the humiliating offer to return home with the obligation to no longer fight. He remained in captivity with the soldiers, but they were soon freed. Upon returning home, Lyupov retired and decided to engage in agriculture. He purchased a large plot of land near the village of Ermakovo for 2509 rubles and hired peasants to build a house, paying them in advance for their labor. While the construction was underway, Lyupov lived in a wooden hut at the merchant's pier. Rumors of his wealth and generosity attracted wrongdoers, and ultimately he was robbed and killed. He was buried on the same bank. His brother Sergey Lyupov, also a participant in the war with Japan and who became a lieutenant general by the age of 47, took care of the funeral. He built a memorial chapel and erected a votive cross on the hill.