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Mikhail Alekseyevich Yegorov (; 5 May 1923 – 20 June 1975) was a sergeant of the Soviet Army who, along with
Meliton Kantaria Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria or Kantariya ( ka, მელიტონ ქანთარია, melit’on kantaria; ; 5 October 1920 – 27 December 1993) was a sergeant of the Soviet Army credited with having Raising a Flag over the Reichstag, ...
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Alexei Berest Alexei Prokopievich Berest (; ; 9 March 1921 – 4 November 1970) was a Soviet Political commissar, political officer and one of the three Red Army soldiers credited with having Raising a flag over the Reichstag, hoisted the Victory Banner o ...
, was one of the three soldiers credited with raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag on 1 May 1945 after the
Battle of Berlin The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II. After the Vistula–Od ...
. 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 () was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded together with the Order of Lenin personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society. The title was awarded both ...
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Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet ...
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Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner () was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. It was the highest award of S ...
* Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class *
Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 1930 but its statute was only defined in decree of the Presidium of the ...
* Order of Glory 3rd class * Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" 1st class * Jubilee Medal "For Military Valour in Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin" *
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established on May 9, 1945, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote military partici ...
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Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" A jubilee is often used to refer to the celebration of a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term comes from the Hebrew Bible (see, "Old Testament"), initially concerning ...
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Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" A jubilee is often used to refer to the celebration of a particular anniversary of an event, usually denoting the 25th, 40th, 50th, 60th, and the 70th anniversary. The term comes from the Hebrew Bible (see, "Old Testament"), initially concerning ...
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Medal "For the Capture of Berlin" The Medal "For the Capture of Berlin" () was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on June 9, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to satisfy the petition of the People's Commissariat for Defe ...
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Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" The Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" () was a state military commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on December 26, 1967 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote the fiftieth anniv ...


See also

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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War. Taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press on February 23, 1945, the p ...
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Meliton Kantaria Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria or Kantariya ( ka, მელიტონ ქანთარია, melit’on kantaria; ; 5 October 1920 – 27 December 1993) was a sergeant of the Soviet Army credited with having Raising a Flag over the Reichstag, ...
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Alexei Berest Alexei Prokopievich Berest (; ; 9 March 1921 – 4 November 1970) was a Soviet Political commissar, political officer and one of the three Red Army soldiers credited with having Raising a flag over the Reichstag, hoisted the Victory Banner o ...
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Mikhail Minin Mikhail Petrovich Minin (; 29 July 1922 – 10 January 2008) was among the first Soviet soldiers to enter the Reichstag building on 30 April 1945, during the Battle of Berlin, along with Raqymjan Qoshqarbaev and others. He was born in Palkins ...
* Abdulkhakim Ismailov *
Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev Raqymjan Qoshqarbaev (, ''Raqımjan Qoşqarbaev''; , romanized ''Rahimžan Koškarbaěv''; 19 October 1924 – 10 August 1988) was a Soviet soldier who was the first to raise the flag of the Soviet Union at the Reichstag building in Berlin, placin ...


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 Soviet partisans 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 {{World-War-II-bio-stub