In addition to charitable societies, cultural and educational associations also became widespread. The most successful and large-scale in terms of coverage of the population and districts was the "Society for Organizing Public Readings in the City of Vladikavkaz and the Terek Region," founded in 1899. In its activities, the society focused on the "development of religious-moral and patriotic feelings among the people, as well as providing them with general educational and useful information in all branches of knowledge."
In 1911, a decision was made to build the People's House in Vladikavkaz. The well-known Vladikavkaz architect Ivan Vasilyevich Ryabikin undertook the project of the People's House, which was to be built on the bank of the Terek.
A postcard advertising the construction of the People's House was issued, along with vouchers, the sale of which was intended to raise the necessary amount for the construction. However, World War I, and then the revolution, disrupted all plans. The house was not built.
In 1920, the society's property was nationalized.