ðɪ aɪkˈɑːnɪk pˈɪktʃɚ ʃˈoʊɪŋ ɐ dʒˈɔːɹdʒən sˈoʊldʒɚ, mˈɛlɪtən kæntˈɛɹiə, fˈɪksɪŋ ɐ pˈoʊl wɪððə hˈæmɚɹændsˈɪkəl flˈæɡ blˈoʊɪŋ ɪnðə wˈɪnd wʌz pˈoʊzd ɔnðə ɹˈaɪxstæɡ ɹˈuːf tˈuː dˈeɪz lˈeɪɾɚ, ˌɔn mˈeɪ tˈuː, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈaɪv.
The iconic picture showing a Georgian soldier, Meliton Kantaria, fixing a pole with the hammer-and-sickle flag blowing in the wind was posed on the Reichstag roof two days later, on May 2, 1945.