The Chekov Monument is a statue of the writer Anton Chekhov in Taganrog, Russia, the city of his birth.
In 1944 the Council of People's Commissars decreed to erect a monument to Chekhov to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the writer's death.
The monument comprises a granite pedestal and a bronze statue showing Chekhov impeccably dressed, sitting on the stone, looking into the distance and holding a book in his right hand, his forefinger between pages as though he is reflecting on something deep.
The Chekhov Monument acts as a tribute paid by the people of Taganrog to their most renowned fellow townsman.
On 29 January 2010 the Russian president Dmitri Medvedev laid flowers to the monument within the framework of commemorative events of the 150th anniversary of Chekhov's birth in Taganrog.