In the early days of the Soviet Union the institution was called the House of the Red Army.
The following are types of Officer Houses: Events in the building include cultural activities in order to meet the spiritual needs, educate, enlighten, and organize cultural activities for military personnel and civilian personnel of the Armed Forces and their families.
In Russia the activities of the House of Officers, aimed at the creation, preservation, dissemination and development of cultural values in various forms and types, is a cultural activity and has its own tasks:[3] Similar tasks are present in the Officers Houses of the armed forces of post-Soviet republics.
The building has usually consists of the following rooms: a wardrobe, a lobby, a concert hall, a library, and a cafe, as well as a Russian Orthodox Church chapel and a mini-gallery of historical pictures.
Source:[4] A number of buildings in which houses of officers were located are known precisely by such names, despite the fact that their use at the present time may be different.