Today, few know about the Zlatoust Monastery, founded in 1412 and one of the oldest Orthodox monasteries in Moscow. The exact date of its founding is unknown, so it is customary to consider the year of the first mention, recorded in the description of the burial site of Moscow archdeacon Joakim. In 1479, Grand Duke Ivan III of Moscow ordered the construction of the first stone church on the site of the old wooden church, marking the beginning of a new era for the monastery.

Unfortunately, the oldest structures of the monastery have not survived to the times when they could be captured in photographs. Initially, the monastery was burned by the Crimean Tatars of Khan Devlet Giray, and then it suffered serious damage during the Time of Troubles. After the expulsion of the invaders and the ascension of the Romanovs, the restoration of the monastery began. A significant contribution to this was made by the Apraksins, who twice built a stone church on the monastery grounds (the first burned down in 1660). Despite all the difficulties, enemy raids, and fires, the monastery endured until the arrival of Soviet power. One of the first Russian admirals, Count Fyodor Mikhailovich Apraksin, who generously donated funds for the maintenance of the monastery, was buried in its cemetery. Also resting here are the outstanding naval commander Mukhanov and the founder of the first Russian public theater, Fyodor Volkov.

The monastery ceased to exist during the Soviet era, which even the Polish-Lithuanian invaders and Napoleon could not achieve. In 1918, the monastery was closed and then almost completely destroyed along with the cemetery. From the large architectural ensemble, only a two-story building built in 1862 remains, which now houses an Orthodox educational center and a small museum with surviving items related to the history of the monastery. A small memorial has been erected on the street, reminding of the tragic fate of the monastery.