In Kursk, at the southeast corner of Lenin and Mojaevskaya streets, stands the building of the garrison hospital. Until 1902, there was the house of landowner Churilov, which later became known as the house of nobleman F.I. Groshkovsky.

Churilov's house was notable for the fact that on one of its floors lived Prince N.I. Kudashov, a student of chemistry professor A.P. Borodin. The prince held his mentor in high regard and invited him to rest in Kursk, as well as at his estate in the village of Alyabyevo on the banks of the Seym River. However, the professor came not for rest, but to work on the opera "Prince Igor," as Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was not only a chemist but also a composer. In St. Petersburg, it was difficult to feel the nature of the steppes, and for Borodin, it was important to see them firsthand, as the action of his future opera took place there. Additionally, he wanted to help his sick wife, Ekaterina Sergeevna, for whom the Kursk weather seemed favorable. Thus, Borodin found himself in Kursk, where he wrote several musical pieces, including excerpts from the opera "Prince Igor." In memory of his stay, a commemorative plaque was installed on Groshkovsky's house, created by the famous Kursk sculptor N.P. Krivolapov.

The composer visited Kudashov in 1869, when regular train service between Kursk and Moscow began, and spent the entire summer either at the prince's estate in Alyabyevo, twenty kilometers from Kursk, or in the city itself.

After the October Revolution, the building briefly housed the Union of Employees of Government and Public Institutions, a café operated, and in the early twenties, the E.P.O. cinema was located here. After the revolution, the facade of the building changed: colorful shop signs disappeared. Initially, a café operated here, then the E.P.O. cinema replaced the café with the "Empire" dining hall and billiard rooms, later the café-dining hall "Empire" reopened with a domra orchestra. At the height of the NEP, the restaurant "Renaissance" and a casino were located here, and in the evenings, a cabaret operated. In 1927, the cinema reopened, with proceeds directed towards combating child homelessness, and regular screenings were held for orphans. In the 1930s, the headquarters of the 55th Rifle Division was located here. In the post-war years, the building lost its beautiful metal balconies and some of its stucco decorations.

In the autumn of 1941, this building housed the headquarters for forming assault battalions to combat fascist saboteurs and agents. By the 40th anniversary of Victory over Germany, a memorial plaque appeared on the facade with the text: "In this building, in October-November 1941, was the headquarters of the assault battalions of the NKVD of the Kursk region for the fight against German-fascist invaders."

After Kursk was liberated from the occupiers, the building looked sad: blackened walls, broken doors and windows, embrasures instead of glass. After repairs in early 1943, the 3296th evacuation hospital with 700 beds, arriving from Karabulak, was located here. Since then, the building has been used as a military hospital, where defenders of the Motherland were treated for many years.