The memorial complex was erected in honor of the detachments of Bulgarian volunteers, formed in Chisinau on the eve of the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878.
The complex consists of an obelisk, a chapel and a square. The chapel was built in 1882 on the site where on April 12 (1877) the parade of Russian troops and Bulgarian volunteers took place (the famous “Skakovoie Pole” (horse racing ground).
The obelisk was inaugurated in 1966. The guest of honor at the opening of the monument was the world’s first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.