The fact is that at the end of the 19th century, there was a brothel here, and these unusual statues were supposed to attract customers.

Before the revolution, the lane was considered the center of debauchery, however, in Soviet times, the Research Institute of Special Equipment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the USSR Party meetings were held in the largest room of the “institute”, where frivolously calling women and crafty stucco angels also “sat”.

The building itself appeared in Moscow in 1880, its architect was V. A. Fomichev said.