The project of the Moscow Triumphal Gate was compiled by the famous architect V.P. Stasov. Having considered many options, the architect stopped on the project for the construction of the Moscow Triumphal Gate according to the rules of the ancient style. Initially, it was supposed that a portico with twenty columns, decorated with thirty statues of copper, will be erected, and in the central part there will be a figure of Victory driving the chariot. This project has been discarded. In the early 1830s, it was decided to establish a new square on the territory of St. Petersburg, bordering the Moscow Outpost, and instruct architect Stasov to install the Triumphal Gate in this place. the recent victory in the Russo-Turkish War.

In the new project, Stasov refused excessive luxury, a large number of columns, but still adhered to the antique style. The proposed project was approved, and the work began with the fact that Stasov built a wooden model of the future gate. After making some amendments to the project, the architect also presented the approved final version, and in the autumn of 1834, the Moscow Triumphal Gate was solemnly laid. A slab with the date of the bookmark engraved on it was laid in the excavated pit, as well as stones with the names of the committee members and the direct author of the project.

The gate is twenty-four meters high, thirty-six meters wide, and the columns are two meters in diameter. The gate is decorated with statues of the geniuses of Victory, as well as military trophies made of copper — helmets, spears, shields. The geniuses of the Victory are depicted in the form of winged girls carrying shields on which the coats of arms of the Russian provinces are painted. Following long-established rules, the dedication was captured on the gate, the text of which was written by Emperor Nicholas I.

In the 1930s, the city territory was expanded, and therefore the Moscow Triumphal Gate was dismantled, its cast-iron parts were transported to the warehouse, and the statues that were part of the design — to the museum Academy of Arts. During the Second World War, cast iron parts of the gate were used to build defense structures. In the 1950s, the Moscow Triumphal Gate was restored and restored to its original place.