The monument to Alexander Kuprin in Balaklava was installed on the promenade in 2009, Russian writer lived in this city from 1904 to 1906, during this time Kuprin worked hard, writing a essay "Memory Operations" and the first Chapter of the Fight. A year later, the writer also joined the fishing hamlet. In 1905 Kuprin has witnessed revolutionary developments on the black sea fleet, as well as the massacre of the rebels by the cruiser "Ochakov".

Seriously shaken writer November 20, wrote an essay "the Events in Sevastopol", in which he condemned the killing of hundreds of innocent people, shooting and burning of a warship, accusing all of these deaths Admiral Cagnina, who at that time commanded the fleet. For the material "Events in Sevastopol," published in the St. Petersburg newspaper "Our life", Kuprin by order of the police in 1906 were forced to leave the city. But the themes of Balaklava and Sevastopol repeatedly sounded in his stories "Laestrygonians", "Caterpillar", "Light" and "Sleep." After a few months the writer has attempted to return to Balaclava, but he was immediately expelled from the town.

The monument to Alexander Kuprin was created by the talented team consisting of architect G. Grigoryan, as well as the team of sculptors under the guidance of renowned sculptor S. A. Chyzh (1935 – 2008), famous for its monument to Catherine II in Sevastopol. The idea to establish a monument pedestal right on the waterfront belongs to S. Chizhou. Behind bronze A. I. Kuprin, a little to the left there is the building of the former hotel "Grand hotel, built in 1887, It was here in September, 1904, the writer stayed with his wife during their first visit to Balaklava.
With a cane and hat, laid-back resting on wrought-iron openwork lattice Balaklava promenade, Kuprin the intent of the creators have turned their eyes to where the hills comfortably settled his favorite city. At the feet of the writer is a pile of books.