The Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on June 9, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to satisfy the
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" (obverse)
Reverse of the Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
Yevgeny Khaldei
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Yevgeny Ananyevich Khaldei was a Soviet naval officer and photographer. He is best known for his World War II photograph of a Soviet soldier raising a flag over the Reichstag in Berlin, the capital of
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
…Chief Marshal of Aviation Alexander Yevgeniyevich Golovanov Military photographer Yevgeny Anan'evich Khaldei Colonel Pavel Sergeevich Korchmaryuk (ru…
Khaldei in 1946
Raising a flag over the Reichstag
Khaldei on a 2026 stamp of Russia