Yevgeny Khaldei
Yevgeny Khaldei | |
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Khaldei in 1946 | |
| Born | 23 March [O.S. 10 March] 1917 Yuzovka, Russian Empire |
| Died | 6 October 1997 (aged 80) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupations | Photojournalism, war photography |
| Known for | Raising a Flag over the Reichstag photograph |
| Children | 2 |
Yevgeny Ananyevich Khaldei (Russian: Евгений Ананьевич Халдей; Ukrainian: Євген Ананійович Халдей, romanized: Yevhen Ananiyovych Khaldey; 23 March [O.S. 10 March] 1917 – 6 October 1997) was a Soviet naval officer and photographer. He is best known for his World War II photograph of a Soviet soldier raising a flag over the Reichstag in Berlin, the capital of the vanquished Nazi Germany, at the end of the war.