On June 22, 2016 in the village Big Afanasovo of the Nizhnekamsk area the action «A memory candle» devoted to Day of memory and grief has taken place.
Residents of the village headed by the head of the Afanasovsky rural settlement Nikolay Burmistrov have laid flowers at the Monument to the fallen soldiers of the Great Patriotic War. Pupils of Big Afanasovo high school have read verses of military years on a feat of the Russian people in fight against fascism. Participants of action have lit candles and have honored memory of the fellow countrymen who haven't come back from the front, moment of silence.