Just outside Ostashkov Railway Station is a statue of the partisan war hero Konstantin Zaslonov.  Zaslonov was born in Ostashkov and later became a railway worker.  During the Second World War Zaslonov led a partisan group in Belarus, which was extremely effective in blowing up German steam locomotives.  Zaslonov was eventually killed in battle in 1942.  His body was hidden by locals to protect it from the Nazis who had offered a reward for him dead or alive.

The house where Zaslonov was born on Chaikin Pereulok no longer exists, but its location is now marked with a stone.