[1] For the first time, Soslanbek Tavasiev heard about Salawat Yulayev, in July 1941, when he was evacuated to Bashkortostan from Moscow, because on 22 June 1941 Germany launched a war against the Soviet Union.

Tavasiev was thinking about the future development of Ufa and wanted the sculpture to stand here for a long time and be visible from all sides.

Therefore, he chose one of the highest places in the city, at the end of Chishminskaya Street on a hill before descending to the Agidel (Belaya) River.

The installation of the architectural composition in this place was associated with financial difficulties, it would have to demolish dozens of private houses and resettle tenants.

The monument created by the national sculptor, monumentalist and artist of North Ossetia and Bashkortostan Soslanbek Tavasiev was unveiled on 17 November 1967 and on the high bank Belaya river in Ufa.

To strengthen the sculpture, a steel frame was installed inside it, embedded in a reinforced concrete pedestal and passed through its resting legs, the hollow body of the horse and the figure of the rider.