Mikhail Yegorov

Mikhail Alekseyevich Yegorov (Russian: Михаил Алексеевич Егоров; born May 5, 1923 - June 20, 1975), along with Meliton Kantaria, 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.

Mikhail Alekseyevich Yegorov
Native name	Михаил Алексеевич Егоров
Born	5 May 1923 Smolensk uzed, Russian SFSR
Died	20 June 1975 Demidovsky District, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
Service/branch	Red Army
Years of service	1944 – 1947
Rank	Sergeant
Unit	150th Rifle Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Hero of the Soviet Union

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. He was killed in a traffic accident.

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Honours and awardsEdit

• Hero of the Soviet Union
• Order of Lenin
• Order of the Red Banner
• Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class
• Order of the Red Star
• 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"
• Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
• Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
• Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
• Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

See alsoEdit

• Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
• Mikhail Minin - according to later researches, the first flag raiser over the Reichstag

ReferencesEdit

• Hastings, Max. Armageddon. 1st ed. New York City: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.

External linksEdit

• Mikhail Alekseevich Yegorov (in Russian)