Mikhail Yegorov Explained

Mikhail Yegorov
Native Name:Михаил Алексеевич Егоров
Birth Date:5 May 1923
Birth Place:Yermoshenki, Smolensky Uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Demidovsky District, Soviet Union
Branch: Red Army
Unit:150th Rifle Division
Serviceyears:1944–1947
Battles:World War II
Rank:Sergeant
Awards:Hero of the Soviet Union

Mikhail Alekseyevich Yegorov (Russian: Михаил Алексеевич Егоров; 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 1 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.

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