Gradually, the cemetery of the Abrahamiev-Gorodetsky monastery, where many representatives of Kostroma noble families are buried, began to acquire memorial-museum features. While few knew about the Scottish 'soldier of fortune' George Lermont, who entered Russian service under Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich and was ultimately buried in this monastery's cemetery, his great descendant, poet Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov, was known throughout Russia. Although Lermontov's father was considered a Tula nobleman, until 1791, the ancestral estate of this branch of the Lermontovs was located in Izmailovo of Chukhloma district. One can imagine how many nobles from the Lermontov family found their final resting place in the Abrahamiev-Gorodetsky monastery. During Soviet times, this was preferred to be forgotten, and the cemetery with gravestones from the 18th-19th centuries was destroyed. However, descendants and historical heirs of those buried in the monastery disagreed with such an attitude towards history. Among them were members of the 'Lermontov Heritage' association, which united representatives of the Lermontov-Lermontov family from different countries. For the first time, 54 members of this association visited the Abrahamiev-Gorodetsky monastery in July 1991. In 1996, the association proposed to build a memorial chapel in the monastery in honor of the 400th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the Russian Lermontov family, George Lermont, and received support from Archbishop Alexander of Kostroma and Galich. The chapel project was developed by M.A. Lermontov, who lives in the USA. In the summer of 1997, the chapel was erected, and on September 21, the abbot of the monastery, Archimandrite Nikandr, consecrated it in the presence of members of the 'Lermontov Heritage' association.