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Biography
Sergeant Mikhail Yegorov, together with Sergeant Meliton Kantaria, raised the Soviet Victory Banner over the Reichstag in Berlin on 30 April 1945. A peasant from Smolensk region, Yegorov had fought through the entire war from 1941, surviving the retreat, the counteroffensives, and the final assault on Berlin. The image of the banner over the Reichstag became the most iconic photograph of the Soviet victory. A Belfast WWII commemoration group registered his profile.
Biography (Russian)
Сержант Михаил Егоров вместе с Мелитоном Кантария водрузил Знамя Победы над Рейхстагом 30 апреля 1945 года. Крестьянин из Смоленской области, прошёл всю войну с 1941 года. Герой Советского Союза.
Awards & Decorations
- ★Hero of the Soviet Union
- ★Order of Lenin
- ★Order of the Red Banner
