Station square Volgograd adorns the two-storeyed building, which houses the Memorial and historical Museum.

The building, which is an architectural monument of the old Tsaritsyn, was built in (1897 - 1903) and belonged to a family of merchants Repnikova. The mansion was used for the reception of distinguished guests (bishops, governors, etc.) coming to the city. After the revolution moved into the building the headquarters of the defense of Tsaritsyn Council, later reorganized in Tsaritsyno provincial military Commissariat. In January 1937, in a beautiful building enters the Museum, which is there still. The uniqueness of the mansion consists of two facades, which is considered a rarity in the architecture of the time. House with massive vaulted ceilings basement perfectly preserved after two experienced warrior (the civil and the great Patriotic war).

In our days in an old mansion, the five main halls of the memorial and historical Museum is a unique exhibition devoted to the events of the Civil war. In 1937 the Museum of defense of Tsaritsyn (the first name of the Museum) for a short period of time were collected valuable historical materials on the Civil war and the battle for the city (1918-1920). Remaining after evacuation during the great Patriotic war exhibits constitute nowadays the main Fund of the Museum.

In Volgograd memorial-historical Museum contains a unique collection of firearms and bladed weapons of foreign and Russian production during the First world war and the Civil war, as well as personal belongings of the participants and organizers of the defense of Tsaritsyn. As a result of research work have the opportunity to present rare photos and documents from the leaders of the White movement in southern Russia and personal correspondence of leaders: A. I. Denikin, L. G. Kornilov and others. The greatest interest among visitors to the Museum is a model of an armored train, one part of which is made in natural size and Tachanka machine gun of the red army.

Near the Museum there is a bust of a don Cossack K. I. Nedorubova (the author of the sculpture - F. Y. Yushin).