Talk:Reichstag (building)
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--69.245.158.240 23:35, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)The article says: "Unfortunately, the cupola of the original building was blown up."
It's unclear to me whether this should read "the cupola had been destroyed during the war" or "the original cupola was demolished in the reconstruction process" or something else. Could someone clarify? --Beland 22:57, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Clarified that. djmutex 15:07, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
"A red soldier" -- Don't you mean a "Red Army soldier"? "Red soldier" sounds politically incorrect.
Soviet flag over Reichstag
I've read an article on the Reichstag and noticed that some wikipedian wrote a passage on the red flag saying it was staged and stuff. I checked with modern Russian sources and they say that the daytime attack on the Reichstag began on April 30, 1945. Indeed, a couple of them say that the attack was unsuccessful, however, most of them say that it did happen and soldiers V.Provotorov and G.Bulatov attached the flag to the pediment at 2:25PM on April 30. Bulatov's awarding ceremony has been documented (order No.0121/н from June 8, 1945). The sources then say that soldiers M.A.Yegorov and M.V.Kantariya placed the flag on the cupola of the Reichstag at 9:50PM on April 30 (looks like a few hours later). Some sources say that by early morning of May 1, the flag had already been there. I just wanted to know your opinion on all of this. KNewman 15:08, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)
Just removed the name of Mikhail Petrowitsch Minin, seems as if this is unclear who raised the flag. [1] (http://www.bundestag.de/blickpunkt/105_Unter_der_Kuppel/0503/0503016.html) says there a 95 different versions and [2] (http://morgenpost.berlin1.de/content/2005/04/30/feuilleton/750670.html) mentions various some soldiers that claim it was them. -guety is talking english bad 22:37, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
