[2] In its lower part, the Obelisk is encircled with a bronze wreath covering the joint of the two monoliths.

The monument is decorated with bronze high reliefs devoted to the heroic defence of Leningrad while a gold star shines on its top.

When Soviet forces eventually lifted the siege in January 1944, over one million inhabitants of Leningrad had died from starvation, exposure and German shelling.

Grey granite resembling the colour of soldier's overcoat was chosen to make the body of the monument.

The rock was obtained from a quarry of the Vozrozhdenie (literally: Revival) deposit near the town of Vyborg.