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Mikhail Yegorov

1923 - 1975

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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 raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag on 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Yegorov is the 1,590th most popular military personnel (down from 1,560th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 123rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Belarusian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Mikhail Yegorov ranks 1,590 out of 2,058. Before him are Vasyl Makukh, Baba Nobuharu, Hans Felber, Pierre André de Suffren, Alfredo Astiz, and Douglas Bader. After him are Georges Mouton, Abbakka Chowta, Arleigh Burke, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Pierre Bosquet, and John de Robeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Mikhail Yegorov ranks 243. Before him are Joseph Colombo, Ioannis Grivas, Devan Nair, Al Lewis, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, and Charlie Mariano. After him are Inger Jacobsen, Og Mandino, Karl-Heinz Metzner, Lygia Fagundes Telles, Paul Xuereb, and James Arness. Among people deceased in 1975, Mikhail Yegorov ranks 157. Before him are Erik Adlerz, Hans Furler, Plínio Salgado, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, George Marshall, and Edmundo Piaggio. After him are Tajuddin Ahmad, Arvo Askola, Clyde Tolson, Bruno Müller, Mark Donohue, and Pete Ham.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Mikhail Yegorov ranks 127 out of 368. Before him are Chiang Fang-liang (1916), David Sarnoff (1891), Hayder of Crimea (null), Kirill of Turov (1130), Lev Schnirelmann (1905), and Alexander Chervyakov (1892). After him are Vladimir Kovalyonok (1942), Bryachislav of Polotsk (997), Jan Piotr Sapieha (1569), Chaim Kanievsky (1928), Galina Lukashenko (1955), and Piotr Jaroszewicz (1909).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Belarus

Among military personnels born in Belarus, Mikhail Yegorov ranks 7. Before him are Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746), Bronislav Kaminski (1899), Ivan Yakubovsky (1912), Aleksei Antonov (1896), Fyodor Kuznetsov (1898), and Juliusz Rómmel (1881). After him are Sergey Gritsevets (1909).

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