Chekhov (Russian: Че́хов) is a town and the administrative center of Chekhovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia.

[9] Originally named Lopasnya (Лопа́сня), after the Lopasnya River, it was granted town status[citation needed] and given its present name in 1954 in honor of writer Anton Chekhov.

[1] As an administrative division, it is incorporated within Chekhovsky District as the Town of Chekhov.

[4] Near Chekhov is the Russian General Staff wartime command post, buried deep underground.

[10] On the outskirts of Chekhov lies the Davidov Hermitage, reputedly the richest monastery in Russia.