On April 30, 1945, Soviet soldiers hoisted the Victory Banner over the Reichstag in Berlin, 79 years ago. On June 24, 1945, in Moscow's Red Square, the first parade of the active army, the Naval Fleet, and the Moscow garrison took place to commemorate the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War. It was decided to bring from Berlin the Red Banner that had been hoisted over the Reichstag on April 30, 1945, by scouts of the 150th Rifle Division, Egorov and Kantaria. Bullet-riddled and blood-stained, the red banner became a sacred relic. In the Moscow newspaper "Pravda" on May 3, 1945, photographs of the burning Reichstag with the Victory Banner flying above its dome were published. But battles were still ongoing in Berlin, and in the Reichstag itself, isolated groups of fascists remained and fired, while the photographs had already become historical. The idea to hoist the red flag over the capital of defeated Germany was expressed by Stalin at a solemn meeting on November 6, 1944. This idea was supported by the army's Military Council. Generally, the flag over the Reichstag symbolized the definitive collapse of Nazism. At that time, nine flags were urgently manufactured – one for each division of the 3rd Shock Army, modeled after the state flag of the USSR. Flag No. 5 – the assault flag of the 150th Order of Kutuzov II degree Idrick Rifle Division, which became the Victory Banner, was carried by a group of three soldiers, led by Senior Sergeant Ivanov. Ivanov received a mortal wound while breaking through to the upper floors of the building. But Sergeant Egorov and Junior Sergeant Kantaria, covered by their comrades, managed to hoist the banner. On April 30, 1945, a red flag fluttered over the Reichstag roof, followed by the raising of two more. By order of the Main Political Directorate of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on July 10, 1945, the Victory Banner was transferred to the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the USSR in Moscow for eternal preservation. A duplicate of the Banner, displayed in a glass showcase at the museum and accurately replicating the original, is now available for public viewing.