The monument to the seven generals was erected in Warsaw by the order of Nicholas I in honor of six generals and one colonel of the Army of the Kingdom of Poland, who were killed by rebels during the November Uprising on the evening of November 17 (29), 1830. These military men were executed for refusing to break their oath to the Polish king and Russian Emperor Nicholas I.

Among the fallen were: Maurycy Hauke, Stanisław Potocki, Józef Nowicki, Ignacy Blumer, Stanisław Trembicki, Tomasz Jan Sementkowski, and Colonel Filip Nereusz Meciszewski.

The monument was a wide thirty-meter obelisk set on a four-sided pedestal. The upper part of the obelisk was adorned with gilded laurel leaves, and inside was a spiral staircase leading to the top. At the base of the pedestal were four gilded two-headed Russian eagles with Polish eagles on their chests.

Eight escarpments adjoined the pedestal, at the base of which lay eight lions. The entire structure stood on a wide eight-sided base, faced with marble slabs. The sculptures were cast from artillery pieces captured from the rebellious Poles.

The architect of the monument was the Italian Antonio Corazzi, and the sculptor was Konstantin Hegel. The initial sketches of the monument were created personally by Nicholas I, who also wrote the inscription on the monument: "To the Poles who died in 1830 for their loyalty to their Monarch." The monument was made using 346,000 pounds of iron (about 140 tons) and 45,000 pounds of brass and bronze (about 18.5 tons).

After German troops occupied Warsaw during World War I, the monument was dismantled by the Poles in April 1917. It is worth noting that the German authorities did not allow the monument to be destroyed for a long time, from 1915 to 1917, and only agreed to its demolition after the abdication of Nicholas II.