Meliton Kantaria
(1920-1993)
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Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria or Kantariya (Georgian: მელიტონ ქანთარია, Russian: Мелитон Варламович Кантария; 5 October 1920 – 27 December 1993) was a Georgian sergeant of the Soviet Army credited with having hoisted a Soviet flag over the Reichstag on 30 April 1945, together with Mikhail Yegorov and Aleksey Berest.
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5 October 1920 Jvari, Georgia
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| Died |
27 December 1993 (aged 73) Moscow, Russia
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| Zodiac | Libra |
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