On June 20, 1945, the Victory Banner was brought from Berlin to Moscow

On June 20, 1945, the Victory Banner was brought from Berlin to Moscow.

The idea of raising the Victory Banner over Berlin was proposed by Joseph Stalin himself in the autumn of 1944. Shortly before the start of the Berlin Operation, General-Colonel Vasily Kuznetsov, commander of the 3rd Shock Army of the 1st Belorussian Front, ordered the preparation of nine assault banners to be raised over the Reichstag—one for each division of the 3rd Shock Army participating in the capture of Berlin.

The banner was made according to the model of the State Flag of the USSR and was raised over the Reichstag building in Berlin on April 30, 1945, becoming a symbol of Victory.

The Victory Banner was solemnly carried during the Victory Parade in Moscow on June 24, 1945. Since then, it has been kept in the Central Museum of the Russian Armed Forces in Moscow.