The monument consists of a red granite base, topped by an bronze statue of De Gaulle, the leader of
Free France and
President of France. Sculptor
Zurab Tsereteli chose for the monument to be of such a height, due to the high building behind it. Tsereteli, a close friend of mayor of Moscow
Yuri Luzhkov, said that he depicted De Gaulle as he had personally seen him in 1968. He had been planning the monument since 2003. ==Inauguration==