The sculpture is dominated by the figure of St. George sitting on horseback slaying a dragon. The dragon is created from the shards of two dismantled nuclear missiles, a Soviet SS-20 and an American Pershing II, which were destroyed under the terms of the INF Treaty in 1987 (Elimination of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty). The gift was presented by the Soviet Union in 1990 on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the United Nations.
The work depicts St. George with one arm raised, representing the "Good", sitting astride a rearing horse. In his right hand he holds an enormous spear with which he is slaying a writhing dragon, representing the "Evil". The dragon lifts his head with one last attempt of resurgence, but it is clear that this is the dragon's last breath as its body is being torn apart by St. George's lance. The dragon is shown lying amid the dismantled and broken pieces of the Soviet and American nuclear missiles. The dragon in this sculpture does not symbolize the mythological beast of the early Christian tradition, but the specter of nuclear war vanquished by the historic treaties between the Soviet Union and the United States.
The sculpture combines traditional-style bronze work with the contemporary fragments of the dismantled nuclear missiles. It weighs 40 tons and is 39 ft (12 m) high. This work of the Georgian-Russian artist is a vivid symbol for disarmament and a monument to peace. It symbolizes our hope for a world free of nuclear weapons.