Mikhail Yegorov

Mikhail Alekseyevich Yegorov (Russian: Михаил Алексеевич Егоров; 5 May 1923 – 20 June 1975) was a sergeant of the Soviet Army who, along with Meliton Kantaria and Alexei Berest, was one of the three soldiers credited with having hoisted the Victory Banner over the Reichstag on 1 May 1945 after the Battle of Berlin.

Mikhail Yegorov
Yegorov in 1945
Native name	Михаил Алексеевич Егоров
Born	5 May 1923 Yermoshenki, Smolensky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	20 June 1975(1975-06-20) (aged 52) Demidovsky District, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Soviet Union
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. In 1975, he was killed in a traffic accident at the age of 52.

Honours and awards

• 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 also

• Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
• Meliton Kantaria
• Alexei Berest
• Mikhail Minin
• Abdulkhakim Ismailov
• Rakhimzhan Qoshqarbaev

References

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

External links

• Mikhail Alekseevich Yegorov (in Russian)