Abdulkhakim Ismailov
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Abdulkhakim Isakovich Ismailov was a Soviet soldier who was identified as one of the two men in the 1945 photograph Raising a Flag over the Reichstag, which was taken by Soviet war photographer Yevgen
Abdulkhakim Ismailov
Ismailov holding the flag-bearer, Aleksey Kovalev, in the Raising a Flag over the Reichstag photograph taken on 2 May 1945.
Aleksey Kovalev
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Aleksei Leontievich Kovalev was a Red Army soldier who was identified as the flag holder in the Raising a Flag over the Reichstag photograph in Berlin.
Abdulkhakim Ismailov
…American Marines raising the US flag on Iwo Jima in the Pacific theater. Photographer Yevgeny Khaldei recruited three Soviet soldiers for the picture – Aleksei Kovalyev, a teenager, held the flag over the Reichstag, while Ismailov and Aleksei Goryachev also appeared hoisting the flag in the photograph. Ismailov's role…
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag, by Yevgeny Khaldei, 1945