The monument was created by sculptor Zinovy Vilensky and architect Viktor Barinov. The bronze figure with an risen right hand is set on a high pedestal made of red granite. Kirov is depicted with a kind smile and a cheerful face. On the pedestal there is inscribed a quote from the speech of Kirov, deliver at the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks): "Our successes are truly tremendous. The devil knows – to put it humanly, one wants just to live and live..."