The school of Russian architecture has long been renowned for its masters, and Nikolai Galaktionovich Kudryavtsev, a hereditary architect, was no exception. Born on February 14, 1856, he received a good education and followed in his father's footsteps. By the age of 23, Kudryavtsev became a member of the St. Petersburg Society of Architects and simultaneously worked in the construction committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. He was a versatile person and in 1889 was elected a member of the St. Petersburg City Duma, which was considered prestigious at the time.

Nikolai Galaktionovich's life was successful: he engaged in his beloved work and had a cozy estate near the city of Luga. Kudryavtsev received numerous commissions and made a significant contribution to the development of Russian architecture at the turn of the century. His most famous project was the Kazan Church in Luga, laid in 1901. The church survived the 1930s and was restored by the Germans during the war. The architect approached this work with particular attention: he not only developed the project and oversaw its execution but also gifted the church a rare relic, a cross with a piece of the Lord's Cross and the rock of Golgotha. The church was built in the Byzantine style, and its consecration took place in 1904.

In addition to working on commissions, Kudryavtsev independently developed and implemented a plan for the construction of the estate's Holy Trinity Church-tomb, which he intended to make a family burial site, but fate had other plans. Even after the Bolsheviks came to power, he did not want to leave his homeland. In 1918, he was stripped of his property and exiled abroad, but he returned and lived in the USSR until 1937. Despite numerous arrests, he was not executed but was exiled again, thanks to his foreign citizenship. In his last years, Nikolai Galaktionovich lived with his family in Helsinki, where he died in 1941 and was buried at the Russian Nikolsky Cemetery.