Fundraising for this monument was carried out throughout the country. A large creative team worked under the supervision of architects S. B. Speransky and V. A. Kamensky. The entire sculptural part was created by sculptor M. K. Anikushin. The opening of the monument took place on May 9, 1975, on the day of the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the victory over the enemy. The central compositional core of the complex is a granite obelisk 48 meters high. At the foot of the obelisk is a sculptural composition "Invincible". It depicts soldiers, militiamen, workers, women, wives and mothers of soldiers - all who stood up to defend the city and defended it in military and labor feats. In the center of the memorial is an open memorial hall "Blockade". The top of the hall, where two granite stairs lead, is taken into a symbolic ring, similar to the ring of the blockade that fettered the city in forty-one. The total length of the granite ring is 124 meters, and it is broken on the Pulkovo side. On the outer side is the inscription: "To your heroic deed, Leningrad!"