Abdulkhakim Ismailov

In this May 2, 1945 file photo, Red Army soldiers hoist the Soviet flag over the German parliament, Reichstag, in Berlin. One of the soldiers, Abdulkhakim Ismailov, centre of the three soldiers , died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2010, at the age of 94 in the southern Russian province of Dagestan. The photograph was hailed as a Soviet propaganda masterpiece, although the photographer confessed later that the image was staged. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Yevgeny Khaldei)