[1] The park is located in the city center, near the Belaya river and facing Governor's House, currently the home of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Bashkortostan; Republic House, the Bashkortostan seat of government; and the Bashkir Academic Drama Theater Mazhit Gafuri.

It was named in honor of Ufa Governate governor Sergei Pavlovich Ushakov [ru].

The governor's residence overlooked a livestock pasture and in 1867 Ushakov ordered that a park be laid out on the site instead.

Initially, the park was open only to local nobility; a sign at the gate barred "lower ranks and dogs" from entering.

[4] 1867–1917 Ushakovsky Park (Bashkir: Ушаковский паркы)[4] 1917–1945 Garden of Freedom (Азатлыҡ паркы)[4] 1945–1980 Alexander Matrosov Central Park of Culture and Recreation (А. М. Матросов исемендәге Үҙәк Мәҙәниәт һәм ял паркы)[4] 1980–now V.I.