In 1839, a monument to Alexander Ivanovich Kazarsky, the commander of the famous brig "Mercury," was unveiled in Sevastopol. On May 26, 1829, he refused to surrender and triumphed in a battle against two Turkish ships, returning to his own. For this feat, Kazarsky was promoted to captain of the second rank and aide-de-camp, awarded the Order of Saint George of the 4th class, and received changes to his family coat of arms, which included an image of a pistol, symbolizing the readiness of the last sailor to fire at a barrel of gunpowder.

The idea of creating the monument belonged to Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev, commander of the Black Sea squadron. The funds for the monument were raised by the residents of Sevastopol and sailors of the Black Sea and Baltic fleets. The project for the monument was developed by the famous Russian artist and architect Mikhail Petrovich Bryullov. The laying of the monument on Michmansky (now Matrosky) Boulevard took place in 1834, and its grand opening occurred in 1839.

The monument, standing 5.5 meters tall, depicts an ancient Greek trireme set on a cube, which rests on a pedestal shaped like a truncated pyramid. The pedestal bears the inscription "To Kazarsky. An example for posterity," which, according to some sources, was authored by Emperor Nicholas I. The pedestal also features bas-reliefs of Kazarsky, the gods Mercury, Nike, and Neptune, military attributes, and two lion-shaped masks. The pedestal is made of Inkerman stone, while the trireme, cube, and cast elements are made of iron.

In the early last century, Michmansky Boulevard came under the management of the Maritime Assembly, and special permission was required to visit it. During the Soviet era, the boulevard was renamed several times, and it is now known as Matrosky Boulevard. Over the decades, the monument has significantly deteriorated, but it has survived and has been restored in our time.