The necropolis was designed by architects Bohdan Lachert (who planned the general layout) and Władysław Niemirski (who worked on the greenery), whereas its monumental sculptures were made by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz and Stanisław Lisowski.

[3] Troops from the following formations of the 1st Belarusian Front are buried here: The Soviet Military Cemetery was constructed in a socialist realist style, which was common in countries of the Warsaw Pact at the time.

[3] The obelisk inscription, changed in 2015 (see Further developments section), originally read: The cemetery dedication on the right side lists (in Polish) the units to which the dead belonged.

[7] This move effectively blocked the construction of the planned residential estate, thus preserving the gardens and natural environment around the mausoleum.

Remembrance and Reconciliation"), personalities from the world of Polish culture, politics, science, and journalism appealed "against the relativising of history" and "for reconciliation between Poland and Russia to be born in the name of the memory of all those who died tragically"; signatories of the appeal included Agata Bielik-Robson, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Rafał Dutkiewicz, Adam Michnik, Daniel Olbrychski, Wisława Szymborska, Józef Życiński, and many others.

[2] In September of the same year, bases of the sculptures were yet again vandalised, this time sprayed with political slogans in Polish: "Death to traitors of the nation", "Paszoł won[a] from our country", and "Stalin's flunkeys".

[12] In 2022, leading up to that year's Varsovian Victory Day celebrations, the mausoleum was vandalised with anti-Russian slogans (including the words "Kill Putin" sprayed in the colours of the Ukrainian flag).