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Anybody know the name of this picture so I can find bigger versions?

Soviet_flag_on_the_Reichstag_roof_Khaldei.jpg
 
ansar said:
Anybody know the name of this picture so I can find bigger versions?

Soviet_flag_on_the_Reichstag_roof_Khaldei.jpg
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The Soviets capturing the Reichstag (World War II).
 
Which, is, BTW, fake, as in taken after the Soviets actually captured the Reichstag. :) And the soldier is not the one who put the flag, but another, Ukrainian soldier, who didn't even take part in the storming of the Reichstag.
 
Mirc said:
Which, is, BTW, according to what I've read, fake, as in taken after the Soviets actually captured the Reichstag. :)
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That would make my day.
 
Edited after Googling to add info I found.

http://greyfalcon.us/restored/CAPTURE OF THE REICHSTAG.htm

CAPTURE OF THE REICHSTAG (APRIL 30, 1945)

At 10.40 pm on April 30 a Soviet victory flag was raised over the German Reichstag building in Berlin. It was not a real flag but a large piece of red cloth. The soldier who performed this act was Private Mikhail Petrovich Minin of the Soviet 3rd Army. There was no camera-man present.

The Soviet propaganda photograph we see today was actually taken later on the 2nd of May. It shows a Ukrainian soldier posing for the propaganda picture. This soldier had taken no part in the storming of the Reichstag.

Private Minin and a small group of five men (with a promise of the decoration 'Hero of the Soviet Union') were ordered to storm the building using a fallen tree trunk to smash down the front door.
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SS-18 ICBM said:
Why is Finland so distinct from Norway and Sweden? This is a historical-political-biogeographical question. It seems I was mistaken in thinking Finland was part of Scandinavia.
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It isn't. We just have a different language that's all IMO.
 
Mirc said:
Which, is, BTW, fake, as in taken after the Soviets actually captured the Reichstag. :) And the soldier is not the one who put the flag, but another, Ukrainian soldier, who didn't even take part in the storming of the Reichstag.
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Wasn't raising the American flag on Iwo Jima pretty much the same? You have to make memorable pictures of your victory.

raketooy said:
It isn't. We just have a different language that's all IMO.
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Some posters on another thead said otherwise.
 
ansar said:
The picture is still awesome.
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Yeah, the replacing of one evil with a worse evil always brings a tear of joy to my eye.
 
SS-18 ICBM said:
Some posters on another thead said otherwise.
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They're wrong and I'm right. :smug:

Ok, that's probably not enough, but then my question not worth its own question is this: What makes Finland supposedly so culturally distinct from Scandinavia?
 
How can i, when everything feels so gloomy, crap and depressing, look forward to next year when this year's problems will only continue to worsen for me?
 
useless said:
How can i, when everything feels so gloomy, crap and depressing, look forward to next year when this year's problems will only continue to worsen for me?
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Order a pizza with everything!
 
Globex said:
I know this probably has been asked before but why are gas prices falling so much?
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Expectations of demand has fallen off of a cliff.
 
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