Standing at the top of the hill on Ploschad Tukaya (Tuqay Square) is a statue of the Tatar revolutionary Mullanur Vakhitov. Vakhitov was born in the Perm Governorate in 1885 and became interested in the Social-Democrat movement at college. He later took part in the 1905 Revolution in Kazan and became a member of the Bolshevik Party. After Kazan was captured by the White Army in August 1918, Vakhitov was arrested and executed. This statue of him was unveiled in 1985 on the 100th anniversary of his birth. In addition, the central district of Kazan is known as the Vakhitovsky District. There have been discussions to relocate this statue, but no concrete plans have been made so far.