Together with Soviet troops, he entered Berlin and took one of the most iconic images in history: the hoisting of the Soviet flag over the Reichstag.
This post is dedicated to some of his works.
Inside the Arctic Circle. Yasha the reindeer, 1941
Heading to Murmansk, 1941
17-year-old nurse Nina Burakova bandages the wounded. She saved the lives of 150 soldiers
Between battles. Novorossiysk, 1943
On the frontline, 1943
Crowd cheering soldiers on tank
Victory in Bulgaria
the first image with the flag is
The picture with the reindeer is absolutely badass
The soldiers going to murmansk is epic as shit, they look like they could be mountains reflected in that water pool.
The flag picture is actually real? That’s actually pretty awesome! I’ve seen liberals claim it’s “fake”.
It was doctored, by the author himself. It’s a weird story. When he made it at first, he noticed that the soldier below the one with flag, have something that looks like 2 watches on hand. This would indicate looting, forbidden in Red Army. So to protect the soldier he doctored the pic to not show it, and only released that doctored version, which quickly became probably most famous photo taken of entire WW2. He never told this to anyone so the soviet government and military never knew this. Entire case only surfaced after the photographer died in 1997, when the original version was found in his belongings.
West propaganda of course immediately did 180 on entire case, showing it as a proof of how rampant looting was in Red Army, insead of what it was really, that even a famous hero would get punished for it.
And in reality, it was no looting, because those weren’t two watches, it was a watch and a wrist-worn compass, which was used by junior officers and senior NCO in Red Army (the soldier in question was starshina at the time so he had this compass).
I hope the flag pic will be replicated in Europe soon ☭
