For a long time, the Razumovsky Palace on Gorokhovoye Pole remained in disrepair after a fire. It has now been restored, and within its walls is the Ministry of Sports, as well as the Museum of Sports.

The history of the Razumovsky estate dates back to the 17th century when Danish merchant David Bachart settled on the right bank of the Yauza, at the confluence of the Kukuy stream. He facilitated the development of trade relations between Denmark and Russia and represented Danish interests at the court of Peter I. In the early 18th century, these lands passed to Chancellor and President of the Collegium of Foreign Affairs Gavrila Golovkin. He supported Anna Ioannovna, but after Elizabeth Petrovna came to power in 1741, he was accused of treason and exiled to Yakutia, and the estate was confiscated. Elizabeth Petrovna transferred ownership to her favorite Alexei Razumovsky, who rarely visited Moscow, preferring to live in St. Petersburg. After his death, the estate passed to his brother Kirill, a general field marshal and president of the Academy of Sciences.

Under Kirill's son, Count Alexei Kirillovich, the estate transformed into a palace. In 1795, he retired and moved to Moscow. In 1800, he sold his other properties and settled in the estate on the Yauza. In 1803, a new luxurious house was built here, with the design attributed to N.A. Lvov, Matvey Kazakov, or Adam Menelas. At the owner's request, the main house was constructed from vertically placed oak logs. Several million rubles were spent on the finishing, and the palace was adorned with expensive mirrors, bronze, gilding, and tapestries. Even the window sills were made of lapis lazuli. Sevres and Saxon dinner sets were ordered. The estate park, covering more than 28 hectares, was decorated with statues and pavilions. The garden had four fish ponds, and rare plants were grown in the greenhouses, tended by gardeners from Europe. A new variety of juniper was bred here, named after the count, Rasoumovia. However, Alexei Razumovsky's son led a lavish lifestyle, and by 1827, according to Adam Mickiewicz, little remained of the former splendor. In 1828, the estate passed to Odessa merchant Yurkov, and the collections were sold off.

Five years later, the Guardianship Council acquired the Razumovsky Palace, placing charitable and educational institutions there. It housed an orphanage for the children of officials who died of cholera, the future Alexandrinsky Orphan Institute. In 1842, a juvenile department of the Institute of Officer Orphans was opened, later renamed the Alexandrinsky Orphan Juvenile Department. Then the estate housed a paramedic school and a poorhouse. From 1876 to 1886, a teachers' seminary operated here, and from 1901, a refuge for deserving educators of the Empress Maria's institutions. During the Soviet era, the palace was occupied by a physical education institute. The ponds were filled in, and stadiums and sports grounds appeared in their place. In 1979, the estate became an Olympic site, and restoration began, but the work dragged on.

In 1999, the Razumovsky Palace burned down and remained abandoned for a long time. In 2017, it was finally restored, and now it houses the Ministry of Sports, as well as the Museum of Sports.