# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rakhimzhan-qoshqarbaev
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:21:30.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rakhimzhan-qoshqarbaev"
name: "Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev"
slug: "rakhimzhan-qoshqarbaev"
description: "Raqymjan Qoshqarbaev was a Soviet soldier who was the first to raise the flag of the Soviet Union at the Reichstag building in Berlin, placing it 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 briefly 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."
tagline: "Soviet World War II soldier (1924–1988)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Rakhimzhan_Qoshqarbaev-en.jpg"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1924-10-19"
deathDate: "1988-08-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.24
  momentum:             11.5
  historical:           9.874088
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "拉希姆然·科什卡尔巴耶夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4"
    title: "راخيمزهان كوشكاربايڤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachimschan_Koschkarbajew"
    title: "Rachimschan Koschkarbajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raqymjan_Qoshqarbaev"
    title: "Raqymjan Qoshqarbaev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajimzhan_Qoshqarbaev"
    title: "Rajimzhan Qoshqarbaev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakhimzhan_Qoshqarbaev"
    title: "Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D2%9B%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D2%9A%D0%BE%D1%88%D2%9B%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2"
    title: "Рақымжан Қошқарбаев"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakym%C5%BCan_Koszkarbajew"
    title: "Rakymżan Koszkarbajew"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Кошкарбаев, Рахимжан Кошкарбаевич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahimcan_Ko%C5%9Fkarbayev"
    title: "Rahimcan Koşkarbayev"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%94%D0%B2_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Кошкарбаєв Рахімжан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2446939"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump