The memorial complex was erected in memory of the dead people of the city during the Second World War. At the top of the hill, where the buried nearly a thousand soldiers, are terraces laid with granite blocks. Bulk part of the hill ogranyaet memorial granite wall with names of residents who perished in the fighting. On the retaining wall is 5 bronze bas-reliefs that tell of the hard times of war. At the first shows the militia in 1941, the second - the battle with the Nazis. In the center of the bas-relief - a figure of a young soldier who falls in wheat struck the ball. In the third bas-relief shown bayonet charge of the Soviet soldiers, on the fourth - as in strikes like the standard-bearer friend picks up the flag. On the fifth - perpetuated by the representatives of all branches of the Soviet Army. By the sponsors of the memorial complex were sculptors GN Kalchenko (folk artist of USSR, Honored Artist of USSR, State Prize Laureate of USSR Shevchenko), EM Kuntsevich (co-author, Honored Artist of Ukraine) and B. P . Mikitenko, architects AF Ivashchenko and OS Renkas. Plaster figure of the Motherland-Mother cast in the repair shop of the Production Association "Nitrogen". In the center of a huge memorial area are the graves of five Heroes of the Soviet Soyuyuzu: VM Hammer, VP Podnєvicha, IO Onoprienko, F. Lazarus, S. Chalov. The venue was chosen for the construction of Castle Hill. At this place was the old Russian fort and the remains of a fortress, Cherkasy, and Holy Trinity Church. All the architectural and archaeological sites have been completely destroyed in 1977 during construction of the monument. From the summit opens a vast panorama of the Kremenchug reservoir. In 2009 cherkaschanani on an innovative (first in the country), refused "everlasting" fire on gas in favor of an artificial flame that simulates a real fire. From now on electric eternal flame in the hand of the Motherland will be lit around the clock.