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Mikhail Yegorov

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Mikhail Alekseyevich Yegorov (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. [1]

19 relations: Battle of Berlin, Hero of the Soviet Union, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Capture of Berlin", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War", Meliton Kantaria, Mikhail Minin, Order of Glory, Order of Lenin, Order of the Patriotic War, Order of the Red Banner, Order of the Red Star, Raising a Flag over the Reichstag, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, Reichstag building.

Battle of Berlin

The Battle of Berlin, designated the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was the final major offensive of the European theatre of World War II.

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Hero of the Soviet Union

The title Hero of the Soviet Union (translit) was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.

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Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

The Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (Юбилейная медаль «50 лет Вооружённых Сил СССР») was a state military commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on December 26, 1967 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote the fiftieth anniversary of the creation of the Soviet Armed Forces.

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Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

The Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (Юбилейная медаль В ознаменование 100-летия со дня рождения Владимира Ильича Ленина») was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on November 5, 1969 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin.

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Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

The Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (Юбилейная медаль «Тридцать лет Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг.») was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on April 25, 1975 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote the thirtieth anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

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Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

The Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (Юбилейная медаль «Двадцать лет Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.») was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on May 7, 1965 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote the twentieth anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

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Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

The Medal "For the Capture of Berlin" (Медаль «За взятие Берлина») was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on June 9, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to satisfy the petition of the People's Commissariat for Defense of the Soviet Union.

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Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

The Medal "For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (медаль «За победу над Германией в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.») was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established on May 9, 1945, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote military participation in the victory of the Soviet armed forces over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War.

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Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War"

The Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War" (Медаль «Партизану Отечественной войны») was a World War II Soviet paramilitary award established in two classes on February 2, 1943, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

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Meliton Kantaria

Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria or Kantariya (მელიტონ ქანთარია, Мелитон Варламович Кантария) (5 October 1920 – 27 December 1993), Hero of the Soviet Union (8 May 1946), was a Georgian sergeant of the Soviet Army credited to have hoisted a Soviet flag over the Reichstag on April 30, 1945, together with Mikhail Yegorov and Alexei Berest.

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Mikhail Minin

Mikhail Petrovich Minin (Михаил Петрович Минин) (July 29, 1922 – January 10, 2008) was a Russian Soviet soldier who was the first to enter the Reichstag building on April 30, 1945 during the Battle of Berlin, and the first soldier to mount the flag on the Reichstag building at 10:40 pm.

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Order of Glory

The Order of Glory (Орден Славы) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on November 8, 1943.

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Order of Lenin

The Order of Lenin (Orden Lenina), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930.

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Order of the Patriotic War

The Order of the Patriotic War (Орден Отечественной войны) is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisans for heroic deeds during the German-Soviet War, known by the former-Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War.

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Order of the Red Banner

The Order of the Red Banner (transl) was the first Soviet military decoration.

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Order of the Red Star

The Order of the Red Star (Орден Краснoй Звезды) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union.

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Raising a Flag over the Reichstag

Raising a Flag over the Reichstag is a historic World War II photograph, taken during the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945.

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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an iconic photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945, which depicts six United States Marines raising a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima, in World War II.

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Reichstag building

The Reichstag (Reichstagsgebäude; officially: Deutscher Bundestag - Plenarbereich Reichstagsgebäude) is a historic edifice in Berlin, Germany, constructed to house the Imperial Diet (German: Reichstag) of the German Empire.

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Redirects here:

M A Yegorov, M. A. Yegorov, M.A. Yegorov, MA Yegorov.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Yegorov

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