An illustrated edition dedicated to 40th anniversary of the branch office of the State Museum of Political History of Russia "2 Gorokhovaya str." The fate of the building which houses the only in Russia museum of Russian intelligence, which is open to broad public, is as dramatic and surprising as the legends behind unique artefacts exposed to the onlooker. This building in 1850-ties-1930-ties accomodated administrative and police authorities of tsarist Russia and the Soviet state.