This monument is dedicated to the renowned Russian sculptor Mikhail Mikeshin who was born in 1835 in the village of Maksimkovo in what was then the Smolensk Governorate. Mikeshin's most famous work is undoubtedly the spectacular Millennium of Russia Monument Bell in Novgorod Veliky. This monument of him was unveiled in 1985 on the 150th anniversary of his birth and depicts Mikeshin working on his masterpiece.