Here is a group of buildings that once made up a block called "Zatsaritsynsky forstadt," which emerged in the 18th century. A unique feature of this area was the unusual layout of the streets, which were formed before the first master plan of the city was approved by Emperor Alexander I in 1820. The streets did not run parallel to the Volga but were positioned at an unusual angle. All of them were named after women: Yelizavetinskaya, Anastasievskaya, Nadezhdinskaya, Yeleninskaya, and others. In the 1920s, they were renamed, and for example, Ekaterininskaya became Proletkultskaya.

The Preobrazhensky forstadt partially survived during the Battle of Stalingrad, and after the war, many buildings were restored. However, in 1947-1948, most of them were demolished to lay the streets of Mira and Komsomolskaya. Only those houses located deep within the yards and not obstructing new construction survived.

Among the preserved buildings on Proletkultskaya Street stands house No. 5, an old two-story Tsaritsyn building aged between 120 and 150 years. After the battles, the house was restored, including the terrace. Next to the house, there used to be brick gates, which were replaced in the 60s-70s with an extension made of silicate brick.

Today, the house forms a single complex of pre-war construction with neighboring buildings at Proletkultskaya 3 and 5a. Architecturally, the building is quite simple, but interesting elements can be found on the facade.

If you walk around the extension, you can enter the former yard, where fragments of red brick masonry, likely from the terrace, have been preserved. The house at Proletkultskaya 5 has endured many trials, including the Battle of Stalingrad and the post-war reconstruction of the city. Currently, the building needs restoration: a fragment of the cornice has collapsed, and the brickwork is in poor condition. It would be good to remove the silicate extension and restore the terrace. Overall, the condition of the house can be considered satisfactory.