Chekhov is a town and the administrative center of Chekhovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 60,720 ; 72,917 ; 59,206 ; 56,00…Chekhov is a town and the administrative center of Chekhovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: 60,720 ; 72,917 ; 59,206 ; 56,000. It was previously known as Lopasnya.