Ordynka, one of the main streets of Zamoskvorechye, stretches almost strictly from north to south from the Moscow River to Dobryninskaya Square as part of the Garden Ring. The route of Bolshaya Ordynka likely took shape in the 15th century as part of the road to Serpukhov. The name of the street has Tatar origins, as before the Time of Troubles in the early 17th century, Zamoskvorechye was mainly inhabited by non-Orthodox people of various faiths, including Tatar troops, who actively began serving Moscow princes after the Battle of Kulikovo in 1380.

After the Time of Troubles, Zamoskvorechye became actively populated by streltsy settlements. Under Peter I, the area developed as a place for merchants and minor nobility, although in the 18th century, the neighboring Pyatnitskaya Street was more significant in Zamoskvorechye, as evidenced by the preserved monuments.

Currently, a comprehensive restoration is underway at the estate, during which the history of the estate will be clarified based on archival and field studies. Until 1836, the estate was owned by the Petrovskys. The estate now includes the main house, elongated along the route of Bolshaya Ordynka, and a wing located towards the Garden Ring. The main house is a single-story building with a mezzanine, and researchers suggest that the modern building combines two historically independent parts, the original main house and the northern wing, united under I.A. Mindovskiy.

It is believed that the modern main building of the estate has a plan in the shape of an inverted 'T', with the 'leg' facing the courtyard. This 'leg' may be the oldest part of the original main house, which in the 18th century had a classical layout with a ceremonial courtyard formed by wings to the north and south, completed to the east by a small volume of the main house.

It is thought that the addition to the main house with a mezzanine appeared around 1820 during the restoration of Zamoskvorechye after the Patriotic War of 1812. After 1836, the plot passed into the ownership of the Eliseevs, possibly the first owner was the widow of the founder of the famous merchant dynasty P.E. Eliseev, M.G. Eliseeva. The most famous owner of the estate, I.A. Mindovskiy, was a representative of one of the well-known dynasties of Russian textile magnates.

Recently, I.A. Mindovskiy has interested researchers not only as a representative of a famous merchant family but also as a prototype of the merchant Lopakhin in A.P. Chekhov's play 'The Cherry Orchard'. Interestingly, the son of M.S. Tatishcheva-Eikhler, D.A. Eikhler, participated in transporting A.P. Chekhov's body from Germany to Russia in 1904, suggesting that Chekhov might have learned the story of 'The Cherry Orchard' from firsthand accounts.

The estate on Bolshaya Ordynka was reconstructed for I.A. Mindovskiy in 1895 under the guidance of architect V.I. Chagin, who graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts and initially served in the Ministry of the Court but moved to Moscow in the 1890s. Chagin's first works in Moscow were done in collaboration with B.V. Freidenberg, which defined his interest in the style of 'pseudo-baroque' with active use of stucco decorative details. The estate of Mindovskiy on Bolshaya Ordynka was also designed in this style. The main house and wing of the estate have preserved the decorative finishing from the 1890s, which will be restored during the current renovation.