Monument to Victor Astafevu located in Krasnoyarsk, near the banks of the Yenisei River, near the Museum complex on the spit. Opening of the monument to famous Russian writer on the Place de la Concorde in November 2006 and was timed to the fifth anniversary of the death of the writer.

V. Astafjevs is one of the few writers who during his lifetime was called a classic. He was born in 1924 in a small village Oatmeal that near Krasnoyarsk. The first works of V. Astafieva were printed in 1951, the famous writer brought his novels such as "Cursed and killed", "King-fish", as well as a series of stories "Last Bow" and "shepherd and shepherdess." He died writer November 29, 2001

Nearly 4-meter figure V. Astafieva full-length, set on a bronze pedestal deployed face to the reserve "Pillars" and sat Oatmeal, where the writer spent his childhood. It was the village he described in his novel "Last Bow".

The monument was made by the Moscow sculptor Igor Linevich-Yavorsky. In the words of chairman of the regional Union of Artists S. Anufrieva, the competition were exhibited six projects from Moscow, Krasnoyarsk and Klina. As a result, the jury cast their vote Moscow sculptor. Architectural embodiment of this project involved the deserved Russian architect A. Demirkhanov. In sculpture pronounced main features that reflect the character of the writer: simplicity and vigor.

Opened monument writer's son Andrew and his grandchildren - Victor and Pauline. The opening ceremony of the monument to Victor Astafevu attended by friends of the writer, heads of city and regional administrations, as well as deputies of the Legislative Assembly, and cultural workers.