The arrival of Emperor Nicholas II to the people's house named after him, on the day of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov family.
St. Petersburg, 1913.
At the end of the 19th century. In Russia, special public spaces appear - cultural and educational institutions, which entered history under the name "People's Houses". They included theater and concert halls, libraries with reading rooms, Sunday schools, lecture rooms and study groups, teahouses, mercantile stores, etc.
Simply put, it was a worthy replacement for modern "food courts" and kittigrod alleys for demeaning youth and the poor. The houses of the people were under the authority of the trust for the sobriety of the people and were built mainly with the funds of private individuals.