The old street, named after the Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel Perekal'sky, begins with the building of the regional philharmonic (house No. 1). This red-brick building in the Art Nouveau style was built in 1913 according to the design of architect B. G. Peretyatkovich (facades) and engineer V. G. Kulyabko (planning), with the participation of civil engineer Y. P. Maksimovich. It was originally intended for the People's House and was located on the outskirts, as Archbishop Pitirim and the local clergy opposed its placement in the city center near the monasteries.

In 1900, the Kursk district committee for public sobriety appealed to the provincial zemstvo assembly for assistance in building the People's House in Kursk. That same year, the newspaper "Kurskie gubernskie vedomosti" reported on a city council meeting where the establishment of the People's House was discussed. The council allocated a site for construction at Georgievskaya Square (now Proletarsky Park). However, it took a long time before the building was constructed.

Only on April 19, 1912, did the city council decide to allocate about four desyatins of land free of charge behind the Moscow Gates, opposite the women's diocesan school, for the construction of the People's House and the creation of a public garden in memory of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty. The council's resolution stated that in the event of the cessation of the sobriety society's activities, all property would be transferred to the city's disposal.

With the onset of World War I, part of the building's premises was used as a hospital for the All-Russian Union of Cities. After the October Revolution, the People's House became the House of the Council of Workers' and Red Army Deputies. In January 1919, a typhus hospital with 400 beds was established here. The building was damaged during the Civil War, with the rear left wing burning down, and for some time it remained vacant. In 1922, the Kursk leather trust requested the building for a shoe factory but declined due to the short lease term and high repair costs.

On January 21, 1924, at a rally, the workers of Kursk decided to repair the building with collected funds and open the club "House of Ilyich," which included a city theater, library, club, and museum named after Lenin. Repair work began, and on April 23, 1925, the House of Ilyich was inaugurated, becoming the cultural center of Kursk. The newspaper "Kurskaya pravda" reported on this event, noting that funds for the repairs were collected with great diligence.

In 1926, a radio station began operating in the building. In 1929, after the formation of the Central Black Earth Region, the freed buildings housed the club, museum, and library of the House of Ilyich, and the building completely transitioned to the city theater. In 1934, the theater became a regional drama theater, and in 1937 it was named after A. S. Pushkin.

In the 1930s, the theater was headed by director Alexander Ignatievich Kanin, a student of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko. He gathered a talented troupe and staged performances that received high praise. Outstanding artists such as V. A. Ershova and N. V. Tamarova worked at the theater. In 1938, the theater held a review of the best peripheral theaters in Moscow.

At the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the theater building housed the headquarters of the fighter battalion. During the war, the building was not damaged, and by August 1943, various groups were touring here. From October 8, 1943, a permanent troupe began to operate, opening the season with L. Leonov's play "Invasion."

From January to October 1944, the theater staged ten premieres. In the post-war years, the theater's artistic directors were well-known figures in the arts. In 1949, the building was renovated, and in 1950, work continued in the auditorium and foyer.

With the construction of a new dramatic theater building in 1983, the troupe moved, and the old building housed the regional philharmonic and the theater studio "Rovesnik." By the 70th anniversary of the philharmonic, the building was renovated, the acoustics improved, new seats installed, and sound amplification equipment set up. In December 2006, the philharmonic was ceremonially reopened after major repairs.