Victory Banner
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The Victory Banner or Banner of Victory was the banner raised by Red Army soldiers on the Reichstag building in Berlin on 1 May 1945, the day after Adolf Hitler committed suicide. This particular bann
The original Victory Banner is saved in the Central Museum of the Armed Forces, Moscow
Alexander Khodakovsky holding a press conference in front of the Victory Banner
2018 Immortal Regiment participants march with a Soviet Victory Banner in Saint Petersburg
During the 2019 Moscow Victory Day Parade
Meliton Kantaria
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Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria or Kantariya was a sergeant of the Soviet Army credited with having hoisted the Victory Banner over the Reichstag on 1 May 1945, together with Mikhail Yegorov and Alexei
Victory Banner
…May 1945, the day after Adolf Hitler committed suicide. This particular banner was raised by three Soviet soldiers: Alexei Berest, Mikhail Yegorov, and Meliton Kantaria, but it was not the only one Soviet banner on the Reichstag at that time, see Raising a Flag over the Reichstag for details. The Victory Banner, made…
Kantaria in 1945
A statue of Kantaria at the school with his namesake in 2013.
Kantaria's home in Ochamchire, which was destroyed during the fighting.