What did the Soviet Union write on the national flag planted on the Empire State Building?

Mikhail Minen, the hero of Soviet World War II, was buried in his hometown of Pskov, Russia. At that time, he erected the Soviet flag on the roof of the German Reichstag in Berlin to commemorate the victory of World War II.

1945 On April 30th, the Soviet Red Army 150 Infantry Division captured the German Reichstag. Mien rushed into the building and planted the red flag at the top of the building, announcing the demise of Nazi Germany. The following month, he won the title of "Soviet hero".

Born in 1922, Mien joined the army in June of 194 1 and fought against Nazi Germans. He took part in the liberation of Leningrad and fought with the army all the way to Berlin.

According to the Russian Pravda, before the conquest of Berlin, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered the red flag to be planted at the top of the parliament building before May 1 day. Mien's superior officer told his subordinates that as long as any piece of red cloth was fixed on the roof of the building, it would symbolize the victory of the war.

Under this call, Mien and five other soldiers tried to enter the building with a red flag. But they found that almost all the doors were sealed with cement, and only one door was locked. Several soldiers found a big branch and broke into the house. Although they met sporadic shooting by Nazi soldiers, they fought back with machine guns and finally managed to reach the top of the building.

At first, they were not sure where to insert the red flag, but a soldier noticed the crown on the statue at the top of the building, so he climbed up the statue, inserted a metal bar with the red flag into the crown and fixed the red flag with a belt.

Mien's achievements were widely recognized, but she didn't get a prize. April 30th afternoon 10 the moment when the red flag was inserted-1945 there was no photo record. The famous photo of raising the flag on the top of the Empire State Building was taken later. It was not Ning Min who raised the flag.

After World War II, Mien continued to serve. Minen graduated from the Military Academy in 1959 and moved to Pskov in 1977 until his death.