Väinämöinen monument, Mythological monument in Mon Repos Park, Vyborg, Russia.

The Väinämöinen monument is a pale grey statue of a seated, bearded man in a draped robe, his right arm resting on a flat slab across his lap and his left arm raised with an open hand. It sits on a rock-like mound atop a square plinth, with mossy rock behind. Sculptor Konstantin Bobkov recreated it in 2007 from old photographs, using artificial stone — a mix of cement and crushed Pudost limestone.

The first Väinämöinen statue, modelled by Danish sculptor Gotthelf Borup, was installed in Mon Repos Park in June 1831; it was made of plaster in Saint Petersburg. Vandals smashed it in 1871, so a new zinc figure by Johannes Takanen was cast in 1873 and set on the same boulder. That statue disappeared after the Winter War in 1940. Konstantin Bobkov's reconstruction, based on old photographs, was unveiled on 2 June 2007.

The monument depicts Väinämöinen, the central figure of Finnish mythology, recognized for his wisdom and musical abilities in the national epic Kalevala. Visitors can observe how Finnish legends held meaning in the Vyborg region.

The monument is accessible through marked pathways in Mon Repos Park and holds federal cultural heritage status in Russia. Visitors should wear comfortable shoes as the park features walking paths with varied terrain.

The current statue is a 2007 reconstruction by Konstantin Bobkov, who had no measurements of Takanen's lost work and rebuilt it from old photographs and on-site measurements. It was cast in reinforced concrete with granite aggregate and unveiled in June 2007 on the same boulder where both earlier versions stood.