The photo depicting the victory in the Great Patriotic War has been taken some days after the capture of Berlin. Photographer Yevgeny Khaldei was assigned to travel to Berlin and to photograph the banners raised over buildings, which he had taken with him in advance. In the staged shot soviet soldiers are raising the red flag on Reichstag.
In the first version of the photo it is definitely obvious that one of the soldiers is wearing 2 watches. The 2nd watch was given him as bribe by photographer Yevgeny Khaldei. Not to discover the fraud, the editor had deleted the 2nd watch in the photo.
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