The column is faced with white Italian marble that stands on a pedestal in the form of a Christian temple.

[1] The reconstruction of Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) began only in 2000, and a competition was held from 7–21 September 2001 to design a new monument.

[2] The organizers decided on three finalists and merged their proposals into a single structure, with Anatoliy Kushch [uk] commissioned as the sculptor, and his daughter Christina Katrakis served as model for the Statue of Berehynia.

[4][5] In December 2014, the chief architect of Kyiv, Sergey Tselovalnik, proposed replacing the monument with a new one commemorating the Heavenly Hundred protestors killed during the Revolution of Dignity.

[8][9] During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the monument was included in a list of heritage sites to be fortified against shelling and bombing.