caption serviceyears death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards battles birth_date placeofburial rank image article_title name
berest , circa 1945 . 1939-1948 4 november 1970 rostov-on-don , russian sfsr , soviet union goryastovka union , sumy oblast , ukrainian ssr , soviet -lrb- 1939 -- 1948 -rrb- order war 1st class order of the red star medal `` of for the victory over germany in the great patriotic war the 1941 -- 1945 '' hero of ukraine -lrb- posthumous -rrb- red banner order of the patriotic soviet-finnish war world war ii 9 march 1921 alexandrovskoye cemetery , rostov-on-don lieutenant oleksiyberest.jpg alexei berest
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oleksiy prokopovych berest -lrb- ukrainian : '' Олексій Прокопович Берест '' .
russified : '' Алексей Прокопьевич Берест '' -lsb- alexei prokopievich berest -rsb- ; march 9 , 1921 -- november 4 , 1970 -rrb- was a soviet political officer and one of the three red army soldiers who hoisted the victory banner .
