Musa Jalil, Bronze memorial statue in central Qazan, Russia

The Musa Jalil monument is a three-part complex on May 1 Square: a raised trapezoidal granite platform, a bronze figure, and a granite wall. The sculpture rises 7.9 meters above the platform's small base, showing the poet breaking through barbed wire. The wall behind bears stylized swallows and three quotations from his poems in Tatar and Russian.

The memorial was unveiled in 1966 to honor the Tatar poet Musa Jalil, who led resistance efforts among prisoners during World War II before his execution in 1944. In 1994, additional bas-reliefs were added to commemorate ten members of the Tatar underground resistance who were also executed at Plötzensee Prison.

The granite wall behind the sculpture carries three quotations from Jalil's poems in Tatar and Russian, among them the lines "Life, my song rang out to the people, Death, my song will sound as a song of struggle". Stylised swallows are carved on the blocks. A bas-relief unveiled on 25 August 1994 shows the ten members of the Tatar underground group executed with him at Plötzensee, among them Gainan Kurmashev and Abdulla Alish.

The memorial stands on May 1st Square by the Kazan Kremlin's southern facade, opposite the City Hall and the National Museum. A granite staircase leads up from Bauman Street and the Kremlyovskaya metro station on the west side. Parking for cars and tour buses is available on the Kremlin Street side, and polished granite benches line the platform.

The bronze pedestal bears Jalil's facsimile signature "М. Җәлил". The granite wall behind the figure carries stylised swallows and three quotations from his poems in Tatar and Russian, among them the line "Life, my song rang out among the people, Death, my song of struggle will sound".