Salavat Yulayev Garden, Ufa, Regional cultural heritage site in central Ufa, Russia
Salavat Yulayev Garden is a hillside park in central Ufa, Russia, overlooking the Belaya River and the surrounding plains. Paved paths connect several entry points and run through open lawns and planted areas across the grounds.
A garden with a flowerbed was first laid out on Sluchevskaya Hill by decision of the Ufa city duma in 1873; goats from nearby settlements later destroyed the plantings. The garden was re-established by the Ufa temperance guardianship, with alleys and a cast-iron gate donated by Z. E. Gorovsky, and opened on 29 June 1900 with Governor N. M. Bogdanovich present. It was renamed for Bogdanovich in 1903, for revolutionary E. S. Sazonov after 1917, and for Salavat Yulayev in the 1920s; in 1967 it was renamed for N. K. Krupskaya, and the Salavat name returned in 2004.
The garden's name honours the Bashkir national hero Salavat Yulayev, though it has been renamed several times: after governor Nikolai Bogdanovich in 1903, after revolutionary Yegor Sazonov after 1917, and after Nadezhda Krupskaya from 1967 until 2004. The writer Rashit Nigmati is buried on the grounds. The hanging bridge over the ravine is known as the lovers' bridge: couples carve their names into the railings and hang padlocks there, and newlyweds come in groups for photographs.
The park can be reached from several sides, and the paved paths are easy to walk for most visitors. It is worth setting aside some time to take in the view over the river from the upper part of the grounds.
The garden's 1952 bust of Salavat Yulayev, by sculptor T. P. Nechayeva and architect N. I. Ozyornaya, was modelled on actor A. K. Mubaryakov, who played Salavat in the film. Removed in 1969, it was restored in 1998 and moved to the Yangan-Tau resort; a copy later went to the town of Salavat. The 1967 equestrian monument by S. D. Tavasiyev stands elsewhere, near the television centre.
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