House number 7 on Tverskoy Boulevard, known as Romanov House or Romanovka, was a residence for students in furnished rooms.

In the early 19th century, the corner estate belonged to the Golitsyns. The main house was located deep in the courtyard, with two wings on the sides facing the boulevard. It is believed that the main house was designed by M. Kazakov. However, after the fire of 1812, the house was restored in the Empire style.

The Golitsyns were one of the wealthiest families in Tsarist Russia. In 1826, Prince Vasily Dmitrievich Golitsyn lived in the estate. After his death in 1827, the estate passed to his son Mikhail, who became famous for installing lanterns on Tverskoy Boulevard at his own expense.

At the ends of the boulevard, colorful alcohol lamps and metal shields reflecting light throughout the boulevard were installed. The prince also hired an orchestra to perform pieces on the boulevard.

In the second half of the 19th century, the estate was owned by Princess Maria Dmitrievna Ukhtomskaya, and by the end of the 19th century, it passed to the Romanovs.

In the 1880s, the three-story wings were connected and raised, forming a four-story building along Tverskoy Boulevard, named Romanovka. It housed inexpensive furnished rooms where students from the conservatory and the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture lived.

Composer V.S. Kalinnikov rented an apartment here, and his guests included N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, M.A. Vrubel, K.A. Korovin, and F.I. Shalyapin.

In Romanovka, the first rehearsals for operas for the Mamontov Theater took place in a friendly atmosphere.

In 1893, the owner joined the neighboring property and arranged a hall for rehearsals and concerts. The Romanov Hall still serves as a stage for the theater on Malaya Bronnaya. This is where the Artistic Theater of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko was born, which used the Romanov Hall for rehearsals before having its own building.

In Romanovka, V.V. Mayakovsky read his first poems to friends from the Moscow School of Painting. Among the listeners were Velimir Khlebnikov, David Burliuk, and Alexei Kruchyonykh. The poet recalled that it was "like in the Latin Quarter. Only warmer. Much warmer."

The house witnessed two revolutions. In 1905, a barricade was erected nearby, and in 1917, Red Army soldiers fired from the semicircular bay window of the house at the cadets holding the square.

Currently, a restaurant is open in Romanovka, but if you walk into its courtyard, you can see the house of the Golitsyn princes.