The construction of the house at Volgodonskaya Street, 13, dates back to 1880. This is a rare example in the historical environment of Volgograd, as the owner's name is known: Alexander Petrovich Mishnin. The Mishnin family owned a significant part of the street, including the neighboring buildings at numbers 13a and 11. The Mishnins were quite well-known in Tsaritsyn, and their names occasionally appeared in the pre-revolutionary city press.

Before the revolution, the building was rented out, and for some time it housed the women's progymnasium of Stetsenko, which later moved to Pushkin Street, to the building where the Music School is now located. In the post-war years, it also housed a school, initially evening school No. 5, and now, school No. 83.

Interestingly, the building extends into the courtyard and appears much more imposing from that side, with numerous extensions. At first glance, it is difficult to determine where house No. 13 ends and the neighboring one begins. The atmosphere here is surprisingly quiet and calm, despite the proximity to the railway station.

During the Battle of Stalingrad, this part of Volgodonskaya Street did not suffer significant destruction, and most of the historical buildings were preserved. However, in the late 1940s, a significant part of the Preobrazhensky fort was demolished during the redevelopment of the city center. The group of houses on the odd side of the street, from No. 3 to No. 13, was fortunate; they ended up deep in the new Stalinist courtyard and did not interfere with post-war construction.