The grand gates made of ancient cast iron and the massive lions guarding them immediately create the impression that this is not just a hospital, but a building with a rich history. Behind the fence, a bright yellow palace with a classical portico can be seen. But that's not all!

Ivan Rodionovich Batachev, a wealthy owner of iron and samovar factories, began construction of this estate on the high bank of the Yauza River in 1799. The architect was the serf Kiselynikov, who worked on the project of the famous architect Rodionov Kazakov, co-author of the Kremlin and Prechisten Palace.

The main building, a massive three-story structure with a six-column portico and pediment, is located deep in the courtyard behind a large palisade. The wings, resembling garden pavilions, stand along the red line and elegantly frame the corners of the main building. At Batachev's factories, a fence was cast that resembles the lattice of the Summer Garden in St. Petersburg, along with lions.

In 1812, Batachev left the palace with his family. Marshal Joachim Murat, passing by, noticed the house and ordered it to be occupied. He was struck by the luxury and could not believe it was a merchant's house: "We do not have such palaces in Paris," he said. Murat established a residence here, which saved the palace from fire, but not from looting. Batachev spent 300,000 rubles on restoring the estate.

After the death of Ivan Romanovich, the house was inherited by his granddaughter Darya Ivanovna Batacheva, who married General D.D. Shepelev. His portrait adorned the Military Gallery of 1812 in the Winter Palace. Muscovites referred to this palace as Shepelevsky. The owner was hospitable and treated all of Moscow during the winter seasons. In 1826, the Duke of Devonshire, the ambassador of the English queen at the coronation of Nicholas I, stayed here. After Shepelev's death in 1841, V.A. Sukhov-Kobylin became the guardian of Batachev's factories. Shepelev's daughter Anna married Prince Lev Golitsyn, and they inherited the house. After their death in 1879, the estate was purchased by the city to house the Yauza Hospital for laborers.

After the 1917 revolution, the hospital was renamed "Medsantrud Hospital." It became departmental for the GPU, and Chekists were treated here. In the courtyard, there is a place for the secret burial of victims of Chekist shootings. From 1921 to 1926, about a thousand people were buried here, mostly young people under 35: nobles, officers, professors, writers, priests, museum workers, and several foreigners. In 1999, a monument in the form of a large boulder with the names of some victims of repression was installed in the hospital courtyard.

During the restoration of the first building of the hospital on Yauza Street, specialists discovered more than 30 archival documents. These were minutes of meetings of the hospital's local committee and applications for reinstatement of rights by members of the Medsantrud trade union, written by medical workers after demobilization from the Red Army. This was a common procedure in the post-war period.