Item no. P1607 (postcard)

Type: cover

Country: Russia

Date of issue: 1 March 2017

Postcard issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of birth of YEVGENY KHALDEI (1917 – 1997), a Red Army photographer, best known for his photograph of Red Army soldiers mounting Soviet national banner at the roof of Reichstag building in May 1945. Reproduction of the said photograph is shown at the left.