Situated in the park off Ulitsa Gorkogo known as Lyadskoy Sad is a statue of the Russian poet and statesman Gavriil Derzhavin. Derzhavin was born in the Kazan Governorate and was a descendent of a Tatar prince who left the Golden Horde to serve Grand Prince Vasili II. In 1802 Derzhavin became the Russian Empire's first minister of Justice. This statue was unveiled in 2003, but is a reproduction of the statue which stood in Kazan from 1846 until 1932.