Yesenin and his last wife Sophia Tolstaya, granddaughter of Lev Tolstov, began their life together in an apartment in Troitsky Lane in 1925. A spacious apartment building in Pomerantsev Lane was built at the beginning of the 20th century, and before the October Revolution it was owned by a wealthy doctor Burdakov. In the winter of 1914, Sofia Andreevna's mother settled here with her two children, renting a four-room apartment.

Many famous writers and poets often visited Sophia Tolstoy's house, and a special evening was organized for Leningrad Akhmatova, who came to the capital. At that time, the whole literary Moscow was fond of Anna Andreevna's work, and her appearance caused a storm of delight. After visiting Tolstoy in the early 1930s, Akhmatova wrote in her album: “Praise me from others — that I'm ash, and blasphemy — praise from you.”

She stayed in Tolstoy Akhmatov's house when Osip Mandelstam's family returned from exile to Moscow. She went to greet her old friends to their house in Nashchokinsky Lane, and then, together with her friend Emma Grigoryevna Gerstein, returned to Tolstoy's apartment, where she signed up for Gerstein several of his poems, including “Spell” written for the 50th anniversary of Nikolai Gumilyov.