The new name is after the Russian publicist Ivan Aksakov who was actively involved in the process of the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire.

Aksakovo municipality was awarded by the Ministry of Culture for its projects in the framework of the European Programme Europe for Citizens.

http://europeinfuture.eu/ Each year the last Sunday of August is announced as the official holiday of the city and it is celebrated annually with events planned by the municipality of Aksakovo.

For more than half a century the Company has grown from a domestic type business to a leader in the packaging and packaging-related industry.

Aksakovo is twinned with: Zachary Karabashliev (born 1968) – contemporary Bulgarian writer, Editor-in-Chief of the major publishing house Ciela in Bulgaria