75th Anniversary of the 1st Soviet Flag raised over the Reichstag

[SovPha]

75 years ago today, Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev (see photograph 1) raised the 1st Soviet flag over? the Reichstag in Berlin. The 2nd epic raise of the flag over the Reichstag happened on May 2nd, 1945 (see photograph 2). The famous photograph was taken by Yevgeny Khaldei.

The confirmation for the 1st raise of the Soviet flag over the Reichstag was mentioned during the radio broadcast by the famous main speaker Yuri Levitan from the Soviet Information Bureau.
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Information about the raise of the Soviet flag over the Reichstag.
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Yuri Levitan (main voice of the Soviet Information Bureau) informed in his radio broadcast about the raise of the 1st Soviet flag over the Reichstag on April 30th, 1945,

Сводка Совинформбюро от 30 апреля 1945 года.mp3

Edited April 30, 2020 by SovPha

[Paul R]

Thank you for sharing this topic and photos.

[SovPha]

Your welcome, Paul.