Muscovites nickname the monument the "flying saucer monument" ("памятник летающей тарелке") because of its similar shape. In slang, it is also called the "ruble" ("рубль") because of its similarity to the commemorative ruble with the portrait of Lenin. Some people satirically call it the "monument commemorating 300 years of the Mongol-Tatar yoke" ("памятник 300-летию татаро-монгольского ига").