The apartment buildings at Metalista Street, 8 and 10 appear to have been built around the same time as part of a single complex. At the very least, it is known that the first phase of Building 8 was completed in 1929 (the second phase was completed approximately in 1930).

Fedor Alekseevich Kondratyev oversaw the construction. The building was a cooperative housing project and belonged to the “Zdorov’ya” (“Health”) Housing Cooperative of the Kharkiv Petrochemical Plant (100 apartments).

According to historian Mikhail Kornilov, the settlement of “Zdorov’ya” was also located near this house, along the embankment of the Nemyshlya River. It consisted of 20–22 small two-story houses. They were duplexes and two-level structures, meaning that one apartment occupied two floors. Most of the houses were rebuilt in later years, and the Zdorov’ya embankment became heavily overgrown, but its name has been preserved.

Both large buildings are unusual in their size and shape. Building 10 resembles a horseshoe, and Building 8 resembles a dumbbell, but overall, the neighborhood has a similar feel to the villages of Chervony Promyn’ and Artyoma that were built in 1920s.

A memorial plaque has been installed on Building 8, stating that in March 1943, 86 local residents were shot near the building. There are also claims circulating online that an abandoned mass grave is located near the building, but local residents do not confirm this information.

As a result of strikes by Russian MLRS on July 11, 2022, the buildings shown in the photo sustained damage, with the building at Zdorov’ya Embankment, 2 being particularly badly damaged.