[1] It was built in 2009, and serves as an activity center for Koryo-saram: ethnic Koreans of the former Soviet Union.

[1] It also houses the Maritime Territory Koryo-saram Cultural Association (Национально-культурной автономии корейцев города Уссурийска и Приморского края, 'National-cultural Autonomy of Koreans of the City of Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai'; 연해주 고려인 민족 문화 자치회).

[1] The organization also manages a separate history exhibit at the former house of the Korean independence activist Choi Jae-hyeong [ko] (Пётр Семёнович Цой).

[1] For their 2023 celebration, on the 160th anniversary of the first arrival of Koreans emigrants to Russia, over a thousand Koryo-saram participated.

[1] On September 6, 2017, the First Lady of South Korea Kim Jung-sook visited the building and participated in several cultural activities.