On the outskirts of Kaluga lies the ancient settlement of Rosva, known since the 17th century. At that time, it had the status of a village, was part of the Vorotynsky district, and belonged to the Nesterov family. Previously, this place was called "Fominskoye" and "Fokin," located on the left bank of the Fastikha stream and an unnamed ravine, as well as on both sides of the Rosvyanka river and the Great Meshchovskaya road.

In the 18th century, the Kaluga governor Mikhail Krechetikov, married to Anna Ivanovna Durowa, left no heirs. After his sudden death in 1793, his property, including the Rosva estate, passed to his elder brother, Major General Pyotr Nikitich Krechetikov. Later, the estate became the property of his daughter Elizabeth, who was married to Shepelev. Her husband, Brigadier Ivan Dmitrievich Shepelev, was the district leader of the nobility and came from an ancient family whose members owned large land holdings in the Zhizdrinsky district.

In Rosva, the childhood years of her granddaughter Elizabeth Vasilievna Saliass de Turnemir, born Sukhov-Kobylina, were spent, who left a description of her grandmother's estate in the 1820s. She recalled how they entered the estate from the turn of the main road, where on the left were barns, on the right a granary, and then a large Italian-style garden, enclosed by a stone lattice. Opposite the lattice, across the road, were houses and cottages, leading to a large building of stables, carriage houses, and workshops where local craftsmen created carriages, droshkies, and carts. At the end of the wide courtyard stood a large manor house with two wings. One of them housed a household church, while the other was connected to the house by a covered corridor with large windows reminiscent of a greenhouse. The Rosvyanka house included a huge hall with galleries, a large living room with a monumental fireplace and antique wooden clocks. The walls of the living room were adorned with valuable paintings.

The estate in this form passed to Colonel Nikolai Ivanovich Shepelev by his mother's will. The next owner was Vera Nikolaevna Zhukova, the daughter of N.I. Shepelev's sister Sofia Ivanovna and Major General Nikolai Ivanovich Zhukov. She received the estate with many beautiful and sturdy outbuildings, gazebos, bosquets, greenhouses with southern fruits and winter plants, as well as huge gardens and flowerbeds that required special care.

In Rosva, Vera Nikolaevna lived with her husband, Vladimir Nilovich Lavrov, the chairman of the Moscow District Court. They kept 11 elite horses in the estate's stables, maintained order in the flowerbeds and paths, and services were held twice a week in the household church.

Perhaps at that time, a complex of Gothic-style buildings appeared on the estate, where Nikolai Nikolayevich Zhukov, a relative of the owner, established a starch factory. The factory still operates today, although in the 19th century it functioned for a short time and did not bring significant income. Likely, the buildings have survived because the factory continues to work.

In 1885, the only daughter of the Lavrovs, Sofia Vladimirovna, married Prince Sergey Dmitrievich Urusov, who enthusiastically took on the improvement of the estate. He expanded the horse yard and, studying the experience of the Netherlands and Denmark, restructured the dairy farm, starting to sell products in Moscow. Thanks to his efforts, livestock farming became profitable.

Sergey Dmitrievich rose at dawn, inspected the estate, kept agricultural accounts, and communicated with peasants and employees. Soon the estate began to yield profit, and the Urusov family moved to Moscow. There, Sergey Dmitrievich's administrative skills found new application: in 1904 he became the governor of Tver, then the deputy minister of internal affairs, and in 1906 he was elected a deputy of the 1st State Duma. After the dissolution of the Duma, he returned to Rosva and dedicated himself to the estate's affairs until the revolution.

Under the Urusovs, the estate repeatedly received awards at exhibitions in Kaluga. In 1907, gardener G.N. Samokhvalov was awarded a silver medal. In the greenhouses, melons, watermelons, cucumbers, cauliflower, and lettuce were grown, while in the old garden, a century-old cedar produced a harvest of nuts.

In 1908, the spring flood destroyed one of the greenhouses where peaches and plums were grown, and it was not restored. The barns where walnuts and cherries were grown were also lost.

With the arrival of the Bolsheviks, the estate fell into decline, and to this day only a few semi-ruined buildings remain, some of which are located on the factory's territory.