The Altufyevo estate with the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross represents a complex of architectural monuments from the 18th to 20th centuries in Moscow and is an example of garden and park art.

There is a version that this area was originally called Oltufyevo. A noble family with that surname lived in Moscow, but there are no documentary confirmations of their ownership of this estate.

The first documentary mentions of Altufyevo date back to 1585, when the estate belonged to the key keeper of the Bread Court, Neupokoy Dmitrievich Myakyshev. At that time, there was a wooden "noble's courtyard" where the servants lived. During the Time of Troubles, like many other suburban territories, Altufyevo was devastated.

Documents from 1623 state that the owners of Altufyevo were the Akinfov brothers. At that time, this area was undeveloped and uninhabited. N.I. Akinfov was married to Aksinya Abramovna Lopukhina, a relative of Tsarina Evdokia Fyodorovna, the first wife of Peter I.

After Evdokia Fyodorovna was sent to Suzdal to the Pokrovsky Monastery and then forcibly took the veil in 1699, her relatives fell into disfavor. N.I. Akinfov was arrested in 1718 and remained under investigation until 1720.

All his possessions, including Altufyevo, were confiscated and became the property of Peter I. Akinfov was not executed but was forced to take monastic vows at the Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery. Subsequently, the owners of Altufyevo frequently changed.

In 1786, Altufyevo was acquired by Prince Stepan Borisovich Kurakin, under whom the main estate house was built.

After his death, the estate passed to his second wife, Ekaterina Dmitrievna, born Izmaylova. In 1812, the estate was ravaged by Napoleon's soldiers.

Later, the owners of Altufyevo changed again multiple times, and it is pointless to list them all. Eventually, the estate was acquired by the well-known Moscow entrepreneur and philanthropist Georgy Martynovich Lianozov.

After his death, his sons sold the estate to a society consisting of "intelligent professionals." The southwestern lands of the estate were used for the construction of the Lianozovo dacha settlement.

Shortly before World War I, a private boarding house was opened at the Altufyevo estate, where wealthy Muscovites could live year-round. It was founded by the widow of Lieutenant General Tatyana Mikhailovna Unkovskaya.

Unkovskaya's boarding house was popular. Wealthy people without their own dacha or estate could live here, working or relaxing in pleasant company.

After the October Revolution, a hospital was established in the boarding house. Most of the Lianozovo dachas were municipalized, especially those that had plumbing, a bath, electricity, and heating.

The estate is located on the shore of a large pond known as Altufyevsky.

In the mid-20th century, the new city border of Moscow ran along the Moscow Ring Road, and now Altufyevo and Lianozovo found themselves within the city limits.