Meliton Kantaria

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Hero of the Soviet Union (1920-1993)

Lived 1920 to 1993 · aged 73

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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.

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A statue of Kantaria at the school with his namesake in 2013.

Kantaria's home in Ochamchire, which was destroyed during the fighting.

Awards 16

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

Order of the Red Banner

Order of Lenin

Hero of the Soviet Union

Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

Medal "Veteran of Labour"

Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"

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

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

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

Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"

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

Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"

Connected to Meliton 6

Pavel RybalkoAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

Viktor AstafyevAlso won Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"

Grigori ChukhraiAlso won Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"

Vasily GordovAlso won Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"

Artem SergeevAlso won Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"

Yevgeny VesnikAlso won Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"

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deceased

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Lived 1920 to 1993 · aged 73

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