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Banner of Victory: Brandished at the North Pole and Other Parts of Universe

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On the occasion of the 71th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, the largest copy of the Victory Banner, placed May 1, 1945, on the roof of the German Reichstag, will be placed at the North Pole.

The initiative is a part of the "Banner of Victory" project, which aims at the patriotic education of Russian citizens and draws attention to the role of the state symbols.

© Sputnik / Maksim Blinov / Go to the mediabankVictory banner unveiled at North Pole
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Victory banner unveiled at North Pole

However, the North Pole is not the only unusual location where the Victory Banner has been placed. Some of them are listed below.

In space

On March 27, 2015 the space crew of "Soyuz TMA-16M" delivered the Banner of Victory to the International Space Station. In this way, Russian cosmonauts congratulated their compatriots on Victory Day.

© Photo : Roscosmos Victory Banner in Space
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Victory Banner in Space

At the top of a mountain

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War in 2015, servicemen at the Center for Mountaineering and Survival climbed Mt. Elbrus and set up a banner there.

In January 2015, Russian climbers also set up the Victory Banner on the top of the highest peak in South America, Aconcagua, in Argentina. According to the team leader Pavel Romanovich, the idea was born a few years ago, when they has been preparing to conquer the highest peak in Africa, Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Underwater

In April 2015, athletes from the Yakut diving club "Aquastar" dove with the Banner of Victory to the bottom of the ice-covered Lena river.

In May, the same year, Sakhalin's customs commandos carried the Victory Banner to the bottom of the Sea of Okhotsk.

"Our grandfathers achieved victory conquering a lot of difficulties […], so our dive we have devoted their immortal dead," team member Maxim Kotov told RT.

© Sputnik / Alexandr Kryazhev / Go to the mediabankHanding over copy of Victory Banner to Novosibirsk Region
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Handing over copy of Victory Banner to Novosibirsk Region
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