The square in front of the monument to Salavat Yulaev will be made according to world standards

The head of the republic showed one of the options for future improvement.

- This is a historic moment that we are all waiting for, the head of the region said.

The concept was developed by the Institute of Urban and Village Development of Bashkortostan, based on the best world examples of parks built in difficult terrain. According to Mr. Khabirov, it is important to carefully fit all the elements into the difficult but very interesting landscape.

The project of the monument and the square will make a single whole. The authorities plan to create a new space with a light and music fountain, recreation areas, observation, children's and sports grounds, stages, a cafe, a visit center and other areas where you can walk and have a good time. The city already has experience in such work - the recently opened Lenin Park, so the vector of movement has been determined.

The monument to Salavat Yulaev is a symbol of Bashkiria and the most recognizable landmark of Ufa, where all guests of the republic come, Radiy Khabirov notes. And the area around should be suitable for him: beautiful, comfortable, modern and safe. Details are still being clarified, but the main thing is already clear.

At the end of August, the Department of Utilities and Improvement of the Ufa City Hall signed a contract for the development of the project with the Ufa company Project Office for 7.5 million rubles at an initial price of 10.8 million. Documentation must be prepared by December 10. The work will be financed from the municipal budget.

Under the pedestal will bring brown piles: the slope is landslide dangerous. The old cast-iron sculpture after restoration will be preserved under the roof as a museum exhibit, and the place of its exhibition Radiy Khabirov promised to discuss with the public.

When in 2025 the statue was removed from the pedestal and dismantled in the shop, it turned out that the cast iron in a dilapidated state: cracks, tears, corrosion under layers of paint.

According to experts of the Academy of Arts, 60-80 percent of surfaces would have to be cast again: in fact, only the head and right hand would remain intact from the original. The Art Council in May this year recommended not to "collect Frankenstein" from old cast iron and new pieces, but to cast a copy entirely.

At the same time, the choice of bronze is not taste, but a return to the author’s plan: the sculptor Soslanbek Tavasiev from the very beginning designed the monument with bronze, but in 1967 there was not enough money for bronze, and the statue was made of bronze cast iron.

The bronze statue is lighter, more resistant to temperature changes and, according to experts, will stand for 100-300 years. The State Expertise confirmed that the legality of the replacement was observed: the object of cultural heritage is not lost, because the author’s idea is recreated.

We add that the St. Petersburg plant for low tide was not chosen by chance. Today it is actually the main foundry of the country for large monumental bronze and the only one with such competence. Its history stretches from the foundry workshop at the Academy of Arts since the XVIII century. In Soviet times, the plant cast the "Warrior-liberator" in Berlin's Treptow Park, recreated "Samson" Peterhof, 37 sculptures of the monument on Victory Square in Leningrad.

By the way, it is known that the monument to Salavat Yulaev in 1967 was already created at the same plant. The sculpture was cast there for a month and a half, after which the finished one was delivered to Ufa.