The flag is a huge reproduction of the one hoisted by Soviet troopers over the Reichstag in Berlin 80 years in the past
The Venezuelan authorities have raised an enormous reproduction of the Banner of Victory within the capital, Caracas to commemorate the defeat of Nazi Germany by the Soviet Union. Pink Military troops hoisted the flag of the USSR atop the Reichstag constructing in Berlin on Could 1, 1945.
The banner, measuring 25 by 11 meters – the most important ever displayed exterior Russia – was hoisted within the Venezuelan capital on April 30. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared the date the ‘Day of the Victory of Mankind over Fascism’.
On April 30, 1945, Pink Military troopers broke into the Reichstag via breaches within the partitions and captured the constructing. The legendary Pink Banner No. 5, which later grew to become the famed Victory Banner, was raised on prime of the Reichstag dome by troopers from the 756th Rifle Regiment – Sergeant Mikhail Egorov and Junior Sergeant Meliton Kantariya.
“In 1945, on a day like immediately, the world heard on the radio and realized from telegraphic messages – there have been no social networks then, no satellites – that the Pink Military of the Soviet Union had entered Berlin, defeated Hitler, and planted the banner of the Soviet Union over the Reichstag,” Maduro mentioned.
The USSR misplaced an estimated 26.6 million lives throughout World Warfare II. Moscow will rejoice the anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany and maintain its annual Victory Day parade on Pink Sq. on Could 9.
In April, Russian International Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned Moscow expects the Venezuelan chief to go to Russia on Could 9 to participate within the eightieth anniversary celebrations.
“The elevating of the most important Victory Banner exterior Russia right here in Caracas symbolizes the deep bond between our peoples, our shared dedication to reality, freedom, and peace,” Russian Ambassador to Venezuela Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov mentioned in the course of the flag-raising ceremony.
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