Mikhail Alekseyevich Yegorov (russian: Михаил Алексеевич Егоров; May 5, 1923 – June 20, 1975), along with
Meliton Kantaria
Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria or Kantariya ( ka, მელიტონ ქანთარია, russian: Мелитон Варламович Кантария; 5 October 1920 – 27 December 1993) was a Georgian sergeant of the Soviet Army credite ...
and
Alexei Berest, was one of the three soldiers credited with
raising the Soviet flag over the
Reichstag on the 2 May 1945 after the
Battle of Berlin.
Yegorov joined the partisans during the Nazi occupation, then enlisted in the Red Army in late 1944 as an infantry scout. He worked at a dairy farm after leaving the army. In 1975, he was killed in a traffic accident at the age of 52.
Honours and awards
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Hero of the Soviet Union
The title Hero of the Soviet Union (russian: Герой Советского Союза, translit=Geroy Sovietskogo Soyuza) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for ...
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Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration ...
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Order of the Red Banner
The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of t ...
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Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class
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Order of the Red Star
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Order of Glory 3rd class
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Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" 1st class
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Jubilee Medal "For Military Valour in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
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Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
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Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
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See also
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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
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Meliton Kantaria
Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria or Kantariya ( ka, მელიტონ ქანთარია, russian: Мелитон Варламович Кантария; 5 October 1920 – 27 December 1993) was a Georgian sergeant of the Soviet Army credite ...
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Alexei Berest
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Mikhail Minin
Mikhail Petrovich Minin (russian: Михаил Петрович Минин; July 29, 1922 – January 10, 2008) was a Russian Soviet Union, Soviet soldier who was the first to enter the Reichstag building on April 30, 1945, during the Battle o ...
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Abdulkhakim Ismailov
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Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev
References
*Hastings, Max. Armageddon. 1st ed. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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Mikhail Alekseevich Yegorov
1923 births
1975 deaths
People from Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast
People from Smolensky Uyezd
Soviet military personnel of World War II
Battle of Berlin
People notable for being the subject of a specific photograph
Heroes of the Soviet Union
Road incident deaths in the Soviet Union
Road incident deaths in Russia
Partisans during World War II
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