The assault on the Reichstag Online. Military diary of Yu. Yakovlev

The diaries that the commanders and the Red Army were fought in the war are very rare. Even very rare - diaries of the Battle of Berlin. And a real rarity is a diary of a participant in the assault on the Reichstag. Here is just such a book. Yuri Yakovlev junior lieutenant Yuri Yakovlev served in the artillery regiment, which was part of the famous 150th Idric Rifle Division. It was this division that stormed the Reichstag building. It was her scouts Mikhail Egorov and Meliton Cantaria hoisted the banner of the Victory over the Dome of the Reichstag, on which the division number was written a little later.
Due to the fact that the descendants retained the notes of a very young officer, we can see the war with his eyes. The war with all its unsightly and heroic sides. The author kept a diary "here and now", made notes, almost in real time. They are a real treasure