The 8-metre-tall monument consists of a 4-metre-tall bronze statue of Jan Kiliński, a 19th-century artisan, politician, and rebel, who was a colonel in the insurgents forces during the Kościuszko Uprising, placed on a granite pedestal.

The monument was dedicated to Jan Kiliński, a 19th-century artisan, politician, and rebel, who was a colonel in the insurgents forces during the Kościuszko Uprising.

It was placed on a tall pedestal made from Finish granite, sourced from the then-recently deconstructed St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral at Piłsudski Square.

[2] The monument was unvailed on 19 April 1936, in the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the Warsaw Artisan Office, in the presence of the president of Poland, Ignacy Mościcki.

It was ordered by the authorities, in the retaliation to Polish resistance movement removing a German propagandist plaque from the Nicolaus Copernicus Monument on 11 February.

Originally it was planned for it to be destroyed, however thanks to efforts of historian Stanisław Lorentz, the monument was spared by the authorities.

There were also circulated panthlets, credited to Copernicus himself, whcih read "In retaliation for destruction of the Kiliński Monument, I declare the winter will be prolonged to another 6 weeks".

[5] It was unvailed the same year at the Third of May Avenue in front of the Warsaw National Museum, as one of the first monuments following the end of the war.

It consists of a 4-metre-tall bronze statue of Jan Kiliński, a 19th-century artisan, politician, and rebel, who was a colonel in the insurgents forces during the Kościuszko Uprising.