On May 7, 2016 in the village Big Afanasovo at the Monument to the fallen soldiers has taken place the festive meeting devoted to the 71st anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. More than 100 guests, including the head of the Afanasovo rural settlement Nikolay Burmistrov, heads of the organizations and enterprises, veterans of the Great Patriotic War and home front workers have taken part in him.
After an official ceremony of flower-laying for veterans the festive cultural program during which songs of military years performed by pupils of kindergarten «Streamlet» and pupils of high school of the village Big Afanasovo were heard has been prepared.