- In 1845, when Ivan Krylov died, almost immediately, began collecting funds for the installation of the monument in his honor.
- The monument is just an average monument and not a reason to visit the gardens unless you happen to be related to Ivan Krylov.
- The monument to Krylov is the most voluminous of the monuments installed in the Summer Garden of the historical center of St. Petersburg.
- The monument depicts Krylov standing on a pedestal decorated with reliefs of scenes from his fables.
- Ivan Andreevich Krylov is depicted in the monument in everyday clothes, a long-length frock coat, which he wore in the last years of his life.
- Monument to Krylov (detail). 1848-55 Bronze Summer Garden, St. Petersburg. The picture shows a relief from the base of the Krylov monument.
- In 1855, the grand opening of the monument to I.A. Krylov in the Summer Garden. Let’s see how the situation around us changed.
- There is a monument erected in honor of famous Russian fable writer Ivan Andreyevich Krylov in a small park near the Patriarshy prud.
- Monument to the famous russian fabulist Krylov. Ivan Andreyevich Krylov spent his childhood years in the Urals and in Tver.
- I.A. Krylov sits on a rock and holds a pen and a notebook in his hands. ... Tourists and locals with children like to have a rest on the platform near the monument.
