 The monument was constructed by sculptors I. Zeynalov and N. Mamedov, and architects G. Aleskerov and Alesker Huseynov, who eventually became a prominent politician in Azerbaijan.The remains of the Commissars were buried at the site of the memorial.The centre of this large square was a dramatic monument with a man coming out of the ground holding what was previously an "eternal flame" (later extinguished).