[1] It presents historical education and promotes the moral readiness of the military by familiarizing servicemen and the general public.

By order of the Western Military District in April 1925, the House of the Red Army and Fleet in Minsk began the process of being built.

Most of the design was entrusted to Soviet Belarusian architect and Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR, Iosif Langbard.

On 18 September of that year, the building was opened to troop and commanders of the Minsk Military District and the local garrison, as well as residents of the Belarusian capital.

In the mid-1980s, it was one of the leading cultural institutions of the Soviet Army, with significant events as the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of Defense of the Warsaw Pact and the International Festival of Military Cinema being held there.