The modern property No. 12 on Rozhdestvenka Street belonged to the Lvov princes in the mid-17th century. In 1773, it became the property of actual state councilor Yakov Andreevich Maslov. At this time, the main house was built in the courtyard with two wings facing the street.

In the late 18th century, the estate was transferred as a dowry to the secret councilor Prince Andrey Petrovich Obolensky. His first wife was the granddaughter of Y.A. Maslov, Marfa Andreevna, who died in 1796 during childbirth.

In 1817, Prince Obolensky became the curator of the Moscow educational district and actively participated in the restoration of Moscow University after the fire of 1812. Thanks to his efforts, new university buildings were constructed, the Noble Boarding School was renovated, and scientific collections were acquired and systematized.

Part of the estate was rented out. In the 1840s-1850s, N.P. Khitrov's workshop was located here, where General A.P. Yermolov studied bookbinding.

In the 1860s, Obolensky's heirs sold the estate to Moscow merchant A.K. Beckers. In 1874, the property was acquired by first-guild merchant Alexander Nikiforovich Pribylov, who became wealthy from trading yarn and threads and bought many houses in Moscow. He also owned house No. 4 on Rozhdestvenka, where the 'Children's World' building was later constructed.

After A.N. Pribylov's death, the estate passed to his widow, Klavdiya Ivanovna. In the second half of the 19th century, the estate buildings were repeatedly reconstructed, including in 1896 according to the project of architect I.A. Ivanov-Shitz. The wings were raised to the level of the main house and became income-generating apartments. The balconies with elegant railings attract special attention. Some elements of the facade have been preserved from the original appearance of the building.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the house housed the 'Berlin' hotel with a restaurant and garden. Here, artist V.V. Vereshchagin and pianist P.A. Papst stayed. With the onset of World War I, the hotel was renamed 'Paris-England.'

The last owner before the revolution was Nikolai Timofeevich Solovyov. Currently, the building houses the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is under state protection.