The Christuskirche was consecrated on 31 October 1937. The church had tall rectangular windows. Inside there was a flat wooden ceiling supported by eight tall brick columns.
The altar and pulpit, as well as the cross behind the altar, were made of oak. The baptismal chapel was separated from the body of the church by an iron grille. The font was of Bavarian limestone. Its wrought brass cover was designed in the workshop of the Königsberg sculptor Stanislaus Cauer. The organ was installed above the galleries (balconies) opposite the altar.
The church was designed by the Königsberg architect Kurt Frick.
During the Second World War the Christuskirche was badly damaged. The tower had large holes from artillery shell hits. The roof was also damaged.
Immediately after the war production was restarted at the nearby railway carriage works, and the church was handed over to it to serve as a House of Culture. The building was soon restored, and was later repeatedly repaired and remodelled. The surviving tower, with its upper openings bricked up, serves as a reminder that there was once a church here.
In 1977 the first nightclub in Russia (then the USSR) opened in the building, and it is still successfully operating.
Over the years its stage has hosted many popular musicians and bands: Aquarium, Bravo, Zemfira, Megapolis, Mumiy Troll, Oxxxymiron, Brazzaville, De Phazz, Marc Almond, The White Stripes and others.
Translated from Russian with the help of AI (Claude, Anthropic), October 2026.
