Lermontov family crypt

The poet Mikhail Lermontov was killed on July 15, 1841 in a duel with Nikolai Martynov, at the foot of mount Mashuk in Pyatigorsk. He was 27 years old. He was buried on July 17, 1841 at the Pyatigorsk cemetery. Later, Lermontov`s grandmother decided to bury her grandson in the Lermontov family crypt in the Tarkhany family estate.