M. A. Yegorov

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

Honours and awards [edit]

• 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 [edit]

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

References [edit]

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

External links [edit]

• Mikhail Alekseevich Yegorov (Russian)

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