The complex of buildings of the Northern Insurance Society, facing Bolshoy Cherkassky Lane, was built in 1899 and 1900 according to the design of architect O. G. Piotrovich.

The Northern Insurance Society was founded in St. Petersburg in 1872. Seven years later, it moved to Moscow, and in 1880 began to engage in fire insurance, which turned out to be quite a profitable business. It was one of the largest insurance companies, actively investing in the construction of income houses and business centers. The former properties of the Koznov merchants changed the least, with the first buildings appearing here as early as the late 18th century and being substantially rebuilt in 1875 by architect G. P. Ponomarev in the "brick" business style.

The Koznovs came from Penzian merchants. Notably, in 1774, a festive dinner was held in their house after the capture of Penza by Pugachev on August 2. They owned a large woolen factory in Ryazan. Since the factory was not located in Moscow and its surroundings, the Koznovs did not suffer from the Napoleonic invasion, and in the first half of the 19th century, the factory remained a leader in its industry. From the late 19th century, the main tenant of the buildings facing Bolshoy Cherkassky Lane was Ivan Ivanovich Baskakov, one of the largest manufacturers of wool yarn and a significant Moscow landlord in the early 20th century.

In the 1930s, the premises of the former income house housed the editorial offices of the magazines "On Land and Sea" and "Physical Culture and Sports." Currently, the complex accommodates institutions and organizations of the highest state authorities, such as the Presidential Administration of Russia, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, and others.