Of Tablecloths and Soviet Relics: A Study of the Banner of Victory (Znamia Pobedy)
Resource type
Author/contributor
- Platoff, Anne M. (Author)
Title
Of Tablecloths and Soviet Relics: A Study of the Banner of Victory (Znamia Pobedy)
Abstract
A discussion of the Znamia Pobedy — the Soviet Banner of Victory from World War II — covering the sometimes contradictory stories behind the flag raised by Soviet soldiers over the Reichstag in Berlin. It also discusses post-war use in the U.S.S.R. and the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Publication
Raven: A Journal of Vexillology
Publisher
North American Vexillological Association (NAVA)
Date
2013
Volume
20
Pages
55-84
Journal Abbr
Raven
ISSN
1071-0043
Archive
NAVA Digital Library
Language
[eng] English
Library Catalog
NAVA Publications Index (NPI) // International Vexillological Index (IVI)
License
open access
Extra
[переведенное название] О скатертях и советских реликвиях: исследование Знамени Победы
[автор, транслитерацией] Энн Платофф
[IVI.CID] 70d7799b-57c7-4e99-9d5e-f5423e9426a3
Citation
Platoff, Anne M. 2013. “Of Tablecloths and Soviet Relics: A Study of the Banner of Victory (Znamia Pobedy).” Raven: A Journal of Vexillology 20: 55–84. NAVA Digital Library. https://www.nava.org/digital-library/Raven_v20_2013_p055-084.pdf.
Organization
Topic
- 2nd World War
- Abdulkhakim Ismailov
- Aleksei Kovalev
- Aleksei Prokop'evich Berest
- Banner of Victory
- Battle of Berlin
- Belarus
- Berlin, Germany
- Central Museum of the Armed Forces
- Evgenii Khaldei
- Great Patriotic War
- Konstantin Samsonov
- Leonid Gorychev
- Meliton Varlamovich Kantariia
- Mikhail Alekseevich Egorov
- Mikhail Petrovich Minin
- Moldova
- Reichstag
- Russian Federation
- Second World War
- Soviet Union
- Transnistria
- Ukraine
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
- Victory Banner #5
- Victory Day Parade
- War Photographs
- War Relics
- World War II
- Znamia Pobedy
- Znamja Pobedy
- Znamya Pobedy
- Знамя Победы
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