# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meliton-kantaria
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:12:47.614Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meliton-kantaria"
name: "Meliton Kantaria"
slug: "meliton-kantaria"
description: "Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria or Kantariya was a sergeant of the Soviet Army credited with having hoisted the Victory Banner over the Reichstag on 1 May 1945, together with Mikhail Yegorov and Alexei Berest."
tagline: "Hero of the Soviet Union (1920-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meliton_Varlamovi%C4%8D_Kantaria.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1920-10-05"
deathDate: "1993-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.801637852593267
  historical:           20.73576133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump