In the first half of the 19th century, Ivan Andreevich Krylov was one of the most famous writers in Russia. His fables, which were already being published in tens of thousands of copies, remain relevant and beloved to this day. In Tver, where the writer spent his youth, a monument to Krylov was unveiled on August 14, 1959. The composition of the monument includes a bronze figure of the fabulist and eight bas-reliefs illustrating famous fables. The authors of the monument are sculptors S. D. Shaposhnikov, D. V. Gorlov, and architect N. V. Donskikh. The monument is located in a small square in the historical center of the city.

The central place in the composition is occupied by a life-size figure of the poet, set on a high pedestal with the inscription "Ivan Andreevich Krylov." The sculpture conveys the portrait resemblance and character of the fabulist as described by his contemporaries.

The Tver monument became the second erected in honor of I.A. Krylov. As on the pedestal of the St. Petersburg monument, recognizable characters from the fables are depicted here. On a semicircular platform, accessed by wide steps, granite benches are arranged around the monument.

Sculptural illustrations of famous fables are placed at the corners of the small square where the figure of the poet rises. A total of four steles with eight relief images of scenes from the fables "The Crow and the Fox," "The Wolf and the Crane," "The Quartet," "The Lion and the Wolf," "The Pig under the Oak," "The Aged Lion," "The Cuckoo and the Rooster," "The Wolf and the Lamb" are presented. They are arranged like the pages of open books, made of bronze.