Taganrog - the birthplace of the great Russian writer Anton Chekhov - remembers and honors him not only in numerous museums and monuments of outstanding and well-known personality, but also in the monuments of his literary heroes.

It was in Taganrog after graduating from high school, the young Anton, unlike their brothers, stood on the literary path here wrote his first works. Father Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Pavel Ye, as a merchant-negociant kept colonial goods shop at the station and at the intersection of Alexander and monastery (today - Petrovsky streets and Dzerzhinsky). It is here that the young Chekhov overheard many stories from the life of the citizens, which later formed the basis of his works. In the shop at the aforementioned crossroads since 1977. There is a museum, "Chekhov's shop."

Directly opposite the "Stalls Chekhov" May 13, 2010, during the passage of the annual Chekhov International Book Festival, established multi-figured composition based on the story "Thick and Thin" by the sculptor David Begalova. The composition consists of four bronze figures, each one and a half meters in height, the pedestal is also completely made of bronze.

The guide is sure to remind you of the story of Anton Chekhov's short story of the same name and time of the meeting the characters, former classmates - Michael and Porphyry and his wife, nee Vantsebah, and the son of the couple - Nafailom. The characteristic postures and facial expressions of characters sculpture successfully and subtly convey the atmosphere of their chance meeting and immediately recall the essence of the story.

Interestingly, the city authorities and the leadership of the Taganrog Museum Reserve originally planned to establish a sculptural composition near the old railway station "Taganrog -2" or in the park "The barrier", but the result is much debate about stood still "Stalls Chekhov." Indeed, sculpture organically fit into a corner, as if the characters come out of the shop and retell past provincial news.

Find the monument is not difficult: it is a twenty minute walk from the old station, moving through the historic center, you only turn to the Alexander Street, beating the left side of the gymnasium. Any counterclaim in the city will tell the location of the "Stalls Chekhov" and the monument.