On one of the most picturesque streets in Moscow, now known as Prechistenka, there are many ancient Russian estates, each a unique work of art with its own history and character.

In the 16th century, the current street was a road to the Novodevichy Monastery, known as Chertolskaya, named after the area Chertolye. However, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, passing through, decided that this name was not suitable for a road leading to a shrine. Therefore, the street was renamed Prechistenskaya in honor of the Smolensk icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, which was located in the monastery.

Since ancient times, representatives of the Moscow nobility settled on Prechistenka. The mansion at number 10 in the late 18th century belonged to Prince I. M. Odoevsky, and later, the Decembrist and hero of the 1812 war, General Orlov, lived here. Mikhail Fyodorovich was one of the founders of the Union of Welfare and an active participant in the Decembrist movement, for which he was investigated and exiled. However, thanks to the intervention of his brother, Alexei Fyodorovich, he was allowed to return to Moscow in 1831. Mikhail Orlov and his wife were close friends of Pushkin, who dedicated a poem to Ekaterina Orlova and portrayed her as Marina Mnishek in 'Boris Godunov.'

After Orlov's death, part of his estate was converted into furnished rooms for rent. One of the tenants was the young Isaac Levitan, whose room served as both his home and studio. He was often visited by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.

In the early 20th century, before the revolution, the house was owned by the Frenchman Moritz Philipp, a collector of paintings and porcelain, as well as a merchant. The private tutor of his son Walter was Boris Pasternak, who also lived in this house. Philipp owned a department store on Lubyanka Square and had been living with his family on Prechistenka since 1905. At the beginning of World War I, they found themselves in Germany but soon returned to Russia. Walter studied at a gymnasium, and Pasternak became his tutor, moving into the mansion.

However, tranquility was disrupted on May 28, 1915, when a pogrom against Germans occurred in Moscow. Among the victims was Philipp's house. Pasternak recalled that his belongings were preserved, but books and manuscripts were destroyed. After the pogrom, the family moved to an apartment on Sheremetevsky Lane, where Pasternak continued to tutor Walter until his departure to the Urals in the winter of 1916.

After the 1917 revolution, various public organizations settled in the estate. During the Great Patriotic War, the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee was located here. Today, the building has been fully restored and houses the International Association of the Peace Fund and the Committee for Peace and Cooperation.