The Caucasian War has become one of the main subjects in the history of the peoples of the region. Its completion led to the final establishment of Russian power in the Caucasus. Marking their presence here, imperial administrators used practices typical of other empires, related to the installation of monuments dedicated to the victories of Russian weapons. The article deals with the memorialization of the events of the Caucasian War in Dagestan in the second half of the XIX - the early XX century. Special attention is paid to the so-called Baryatinsky gazebo. The main event of the Caucasian War in the North-Eastern Caucasus was the capture of Imam Shamil on Mount Ghunib. It was here, above the stone where Prince A. I. Baryatinsky accepted the surrender of the imam, that a special shed was built. Based on archival materials from the funds of Russian and foreign archives, introduced into scientific circulation for the first time, on literature data the history of the construction of this structure, as well as historical facts of its destruction and restoration at the end of the XIX century are considered. The diverse illustrative material (pre-revolutionary photographs, postcards, paintings by artists) made it possible to follow and better imagine the various constructive changes that had been made to the Baryatinsky gazebo for half a century.