The Soviet version of the flag raising at Iwo Jima. Like Iwo Jima this photo was staged, the initial flag raising happened the night before around midnight.
Edit from NJC:
My Georgian friend Tamara says:
This picture is not the authentic one:) You can see the real one depicting the Soviets raising the flag here - as you can see, there are only two persons present there- Russian Yegorov- the one who holds the man raising the flag- and my fellow Georgian Meliton Kantaria- the man actually raising the flag. So, yes, the guy who put the flag on the Reighstag symbolizing the defeat of Nazi Germany was Georgian. Even more- he was from the same small town my family is originally from- Ochamchira:) And every May 9 (the Soviet Victory Day), he was always featured in the local newspaper. Kinda our very beloved hero:)
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