Monuments are often a reminder of sad events. Walking in the park of the Forest Engineering Academy, you can find a memorial stele.

On the morning of September 10, 1825, a duel took place on the outskirts of the park, and both participants died. Two young men were shooting — adjutant wing Novosiltsev and Lieutenant Chernov. The previous story is as follows: the heir to the huge fortune of his mother, who, in turn, inherited it from her father, Vladimir Novosiltsev fell in love with a girl from a very simple and poor family. But the young man's mother, Catherine, was categorically against their marriage, and forced her son to take his marriage proposal back. Her brother, Lieutenant of the Semenovsky Regiment Konstantin Chernov, stood up for the honor of the abandoned bride. The fatal duel took place in the place where the stele now stands.

Since then, duelists have been coming here. There is a belief that visiting this place before a duel guarantees victory.