Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet World War II soldier
Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1924
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1988
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev
- Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev (Kazakh: ???????? ??????????, Raqimjan Qosqarbayev; Russian: ???????? ??????????) was the first soldier to raise the Soviet Flag at the Reichstag building in Berlin, having become so after placing the flag by a staircase in the opera hall after sneaking into the building.
- After nightfall Qoshqarbaev and several of his comrades raised the flag on the roof.
- However, because they had raised the flag in the night when it was too dark to take a photo, none of them were part of the iconic photo of Soviet soldiers raising the flag on 2 May.
- After the raising of the flag on 30 April it was shot down by German snipers shortly before the Wehrmacht retook control of the building.
- However, by 2 May the Soviets retook control of the building and raised the flag again, bringing photographer Yevgeny Khaldei with them to capture a reenactment of the historic moment.
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