Next to the famous sports complex "Olympic" stands a small old house that houses the museum of the renowned Russian actor and founder of the Russian theatrical school, Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin. Here he spent his last years, becoming a symbol of Russian theater and acting mastery. Interestingly, Shchepkin was a close friend of the great poet Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, and what surprises contemporaries is not so much the fact of their friendship, but that Pushkin took pride in this friendship, rather than the other way around.

The house-museum is located on a street named after Shchepkin. It was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries and was part of a large wooden estate that is now almost completely destroyed. Unlike many other buildings in Moscow, this house did not suffer in the fire of 1812 and in 1859 became the residence of the great actor, who enjoyed spending time here, savoring the garden. The house is designed in the classical style and even today makes a pleasant impression, especially against the backdrop of modern skyscrapers.

In 1962, after many years of oblivion, Mikhail Semyonovich was remembered, and the street was named in his honor, but the museum only opened in 2009. Today, the Shchepkin house-museum is a branch of the Alexander Bakhrushin Museum. Within its walls are preserved authentic items of Shchepkin, including stage costumes, part of a collection of paintings, and many other valuable exhibits. A memorial plaque is installed on the facade of the building, indicating that the actor Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin lived here from 1859 to 1863.