Forwarded from Russian MFA 🇷🇺
📅 The #VictoryBanner, which became a symbol of the triumph of the Soviet Union and its peoples in the fight against Nazism, was raised atop the Reichstag, the Nazi Seat of Power, in the early hours of May 1,1945
A battle flag of the 150th Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Idritsa-Pursuit Division, 79th Pursuit Corps, 3rd Shock Troops, 1st Belarusian Front became the Victory Banner; Sergeant Mikhail Egorov, Junior Sergeant Meliton Kantariya and Lieutenant Alexey Berest raised the banner on the roof of the Reichstag.
📂 Today, the Victory Banner is a historic relic stored in a special capsule in a banner foundation located in underground premises at the Central Museum of the Russian Armed Forces. The bright red linen remains the main symbol of the Great Patriotic War, a pride of all peoples of the Soviet Union who contributed to our common Victory.
#Victory78 #WeRemember
A battle flag of the 150th Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class Idritsa-Pursuit Division, 79th Pursuit Corps, 3rd Shock Troops, 1st Belarusian Front became the Victory Banner; Sergeant Mikhail Egorov, Junior Sergeant Meliton Kantariya and Lieutenant Alexey Berest raised the banner on the roof of the Reichstag.
📂 Today, the Victory Banner is a historic relic stored in a special capsule in a banner foundation located in underground premises at the Central Museum of the Russian Armed Forces. The bright red linen remains the main symbol of the Great Patriotic War, a pride of all peoples of the Soviet Union who contributed to our common Victory.
#Victory78 #WeRemember