In the early 20th century, a complex of modern educational institutions was built on Trubetskoy Lane, now named after Viktor Kholzunov, with funds from merchant P. G. Shelaputin. The Shelaputin family originated from the Pokrovsk merchants who moved to Moscow in the late 18th century. In 1792, they traded in the Snetochniy Row. P. G. Shelaputin, the heir to their fortunes, was a co-owner of the Balashinskaya Manufactory Partnership and the chairman of the board of the Society of Medium Trading Rows on Red Square. For his merits, he received hereditary nobility. Married to merchant's daughter A. A. Medyntseva, Pavel Grigorievich had five children, who unfortunately passed away early. He had to endure the loss of three of his sons.

In 1910-1911, architect R. I. Klein constructed the complex of the pedagogical institute and real school on plot 16 on Kholzunov Lane. These institutions were founded by P. G. Shelaputin in memory of his late son Anatoly. The complex was designed in the neoclassical style. The main building of the institute, with large windows on the second floor and a pediment with a coat of arms commemorating the founder's name, is located deep within the courtyard behind a palisade, while two side wings face the street. The facade decoration features stucco in the style of Moscow's post-fire empire, shields and wreaths of glory, as well as lions on the keystones of the first-floor windows. The palisade is enclosed by a fence with two entrances. The institute building was excellently equipped: it housed spacious classrooms, auditoriums, a large library, and a pedagogical museum. The pedagogical institute, opened on October 24, 1911, was named after Pavel Grigorievich, while the real school was named in honor of his son Anatoly.

The institute was a higher educational institution engaged in postgraduate pedagogical training for individuals who had already received higher education. It accepted men of 'Great Russian nationality and Orthodox faith', graduates of universities, theological seminaries, and other higher educational institutions who wished to become teachers in secondary schools. The training lasted two years, during which students studied pedagogical and specialized disciplines corresponding to secondary school subjects. The institute had several departments: ancient languages, Russian language and literature, mathematics, physics and cosmography, Russian and universal history, natural science, chemistry, and geography. The best lecturers from Moscow were invited to teach. Students completed their pedagogical practice at the Shelaputin gymnasium and real school. Until 1917, the institute had four graduating classes, and about 100 educators emerged from its walls.

In 1919, the Academy of Socialist Education was organized on the basis of the institute, renamed the Academy of Communist Education in 1923, and in 1924 it was named after N. K. Krupskaya. In 1936, the building was occupied by the Academy of the General Staff. Since 1988, it has belonged to the Main Military Prosecutor's Office.