Viktor Grebnev
The operational commander of the 3rd army which was the first storm the Reichstag and raise the victory flag on the roof

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The operational commander of the 3rd army which was the first storm the Reichstag and raise the victory flag on the roof
ArtistRussian, born 1907
CultureRussian
Titles
  • The operational commander of the 3rd army which was the first storm the Reichstag and raise the victory flag on the roof
DateMay 1945, printed 1960s
Place depictedBerlin, Germany
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 7/8 × 7 3/4 in. (22.5 × 19.7 cm)
Sheet: 8 7/8 × 7 3/4 in. (22.5 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern and Geoffrey and Barbara Koslov
Object number2015.540
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceSerge Plantureux, Paris; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 2015
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in Russian on the verso: 1945. First Belorussian Front. // In Berlin. //
The operational commander of the 3rd army which was the first storm the Reichstag and raise the victory flag on the roof. // From left to right: // Brigadier General Boukchtynovitch // Brigadier General Litvinov A. I. // Colonel Lisitsyn F. I. // Army Chief, General of Army Corps [?] Kuznetsov V.I. // Colonel Negoda // Brigadier General Perevertkin S.N. // V. Grebnev.” and “

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