The Retiazhy estate was owned by Ivan Vladimirovich Lopukhin, a well-known public and state figure of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who was an actual secret advisor, senator, philosopher, publicist, and publisher.

The name of the village may be related to the Retizh River, a tributary of the Oka, on the banks of which it is located. The exact time of the founding of the village of Retiazhi is unknown, but it already existed during the reign of Peter I (1682, 1725). In the early 18th century, there was a wooden church in the village, which burned down in 1712. During the reign of Anna Ioannovna (1730, 1740), the village was acquired by Vladimir Ivanovich Lopukhin. There is a story about the purchase: V.I. Lopukhin's father-in-law was Ilya Ivanovich Isaev, the vice-president of the Commercial Collegium, who was highly valued by Peter I. He amassed a fortune in service but went bankrupt and could only give his daughter a thread of emeralds as a dowry. Vladimir Ivanovich sold these emeralds for six thousand rubles and, adding another two thousand, bought the village of Retiazhi. General-Lieutenant Lopukhin furnished the estate luxuriously: during the reign of Alexander I, it was sold for 960 thousand rubles. The only surviving building of the estate is the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, built in 1765 during Vladimir Ivanovich Lopukhin's time.

His son, the well-known Freemason and author of mystical-philosophical works Ivan Vladimirovich Lopukhin, continued to develop the estate. He created a unique park ensemble in Retiazhi, rich in ideology and aesthetics. I.V. Lopukhin described it in detail in two essays published in the magazine "Friend of Youth and All Ages."

At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe, including Russia, the concepts of "naturalness" and "following nature" became popular in garden and park art. In this trendy spirit, I.V. Lopukhin arranged a park in his estate, naming it "Eagle Desert." A detailed description of this park has been preserved thanks to Lopukhin's essays in the magazine.

The park structures were simple but located in picturesque surroundings: on a steep hill, surrounded on two sides by a pond. An oak grove bordered the hill. Here was a "desert" dedicated to "the misfortunes of Andrew, known for his endurance and suffering at the end of the last century."

By the road leading through the fields to the grove, among cherry trees stood a hut. The hut had cross-shaped windows, and the walls were painted on the outside. On the front wall, a black cross on a hill is depicted, with a rose growing from the skull beneath it. On the cross, the inscription reads: "The only path to blissful immortality." On either side, there are similar crosses with inscriptions: "The cross is fire, purifying spirit and flesh" and "Carry your cross in your heart." On the opposite wall, a pink cross in a blue circle is depicted, crowned with mitres. In the corners are depicted shackles, a broken staff, a closed book, and a burning candlestick. The inscription reads: "To the faithful until death, the crown of life." On the roof, eagles are depicted: one flies into the grove, the other soars to the heavens.

The "desert" was part of an abandoned monastery, which was accessed by an alley of willows. Behind the hut began an alley leading into the grove, at the edge of which grew a tall oak. Under the oak lay a gravestone with the inscription: "In sacred memory of A. the sufferer, April 14, 1813, half a century on the very day when his misfortunes began." Next to the oak stood a bench, from which there was a view of the ancient stone church. From the oak, a path led through the grove to the pond, where a gazebo stood on the shore.

In the "Eagle Desert," there was another symbolic monument, Andrew's hermitage. It was a simple peasant house on the hill among the oaks, with bare walls, benches, and a long table.