In November 2008, the day of the Mari El Republic took place the solemn opening of the sculpture "the Tree of life" in Yoshkar-Ola Central Park of culture and rest. Sculptural composition represents the continuity of generations of the Mari people. Height trehfigurnaya composition of bronze - more than three meters in height, and the location – Central part of the Park, allowing to consider the sculpture from different angles. The author of music and the national trio folk artist R. F. Andrei Kovalchuk, who gave Yoshkar-Ola, a number of notable monuments: the sculpture of "Mary with child", the monument to the first Tsarevokokshajsky Governor I. A. to Bishop Mari and many other sculptural composition depicting the history and culture of the Republic.

In the heart of the monument, symbolizing the spiritual life of the Mari people, includes three figures with musical instruments in their national costumes: boy with a drum, a middle-aged man with a pipe and the old man with the harp thyroid form (found only at Mari). In the center of the composition tree as a symbol of life or world tree, is often used in national ornament Mari embroidery.

Yoshkar-Ola sculpture "Tree of life" combines all cultural, national and historical epic that contains a complete picture of Mari traditions. Sculptural composition "Tree of life" is a national landmark of the capital of Mari El Republic.