The monument of Salavat Yulaev – national Bashkir hero and poet – was erected in 1967. This is the biggest horse statue in Russia, nearly ten meters high, weighing 40 tons. It is considered the best work of Soslanbeck Tavasiev, sculptor, who has been working over the monument during 30 years. It is known that Salavat Yulaev with his squadron was sent to support governmental troops, which were directed to defeat Pugatchev. But Salavat Yulaev decided to join Pugatchev and thus to support the national rebel. The sculpture was cast in Leningrad at the plant “MONUMENTSCULPTURE” and bronzed cast iron was used as the main material. The monument was being cast during three months. On November 17, 1967, the monument to Salavat Yulaev was solemnly opened and three months later its author was rewarded with the State Prize of the USSR. The monument has become one of the best places of interest in Ufa, a national treasure of the republic. It is not accidentally that the monument of the national hero RB became the central element on the emblem of Bashkortostan.