Minsk. The House of the People's Militia.

       The House of the People's Militia, or the "Red House", is located on K. Marx Street in Minsk. The building is located on the corner of Karl Marx and Volodarsky streets. The building was built in the early 20th century in an eclectic style. The city police department and the Department of investigation worked in the house.

    On March 1, 1917, in Minsk, when it became known about the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II, Mikhail Frunze, who had led an underground Bolshevik organization in Minsk before the February Revolution, together with soldiers and officers of the Western Front, convened a meeting of the Bolsheviks of Minsk. The police building was occupied by the People's militia, led by M. Frunze. The police took control of the telegraph and mail. In April 1917, 5 People's Militia units were established in Minsk. Police stations began operating on the railway and enterprises.

      Minsk residents came to the House of the People's Militia to M. Frunze's office every day with their problems. The leadership of the Provisional Government tried several times to subjugate the People's Militia and M. Frunze, but this did not work out. The militia took part in the defeat of the Kornilov rebellion in the summer of 1917. M. Frunze led the militia until his departure on October 12, 1917.

     The building of the People's Militia is stone, made of red brick. There is a memorial plaque on the house.