Abdulchakim Ismajlov

One of the men featured in the iconic picture of a Red Army soldier
holding the Soviet flag above Berlin’s Reichstag at the end of World
War II has passed away at the age of 94 in the Republic of Dagestan.
Abdulhakim Ismailov, a native of Dagestan, was one of the three
soldiers from the famous picture featuring the raising of the red
Banner of Victory on one of the Reichstag’s towers.The iconic snapshot taken by military photographer Evgeny Khaldey became the symbol of the Soviet victory over Fascist Germany.



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