Looking in the opposite direction on Lavrushinskiy Lane at the start of the lane where the Tretyakov Gallery is you will see the Moscow estate of XVII century, which once belonged to the family of the Demidovs, the then Russian oligarchs who owned steel mills in the Urals. Note the cast-iron gates – they arrived here directly from the Urals’ plants. Later the house belonged to Countess Sollogub, who kept here fashionable literary salon. Currently, the house accommodates a library.