Trust "Monumentskulptura" suggested the use of ready-made shapes Kirov is a copy of FIG Leningrad monument authored by sculptor Nikolai Vasilyevich Tomsk. The figure was cast in two copies, according to his designs, with minor changes, one set on the All-Union Agricultural Exhibition, and the second acquired Astrakhan district. The monument was erected on a pedestal of black granite, marble lined. Kirov figure itself cast in bronze.