Meliton Kantaria, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Meliton Kantaria

Hero of the Soviet Union

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1920

Place of Birth: Jvari, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1993

Profession: soldier

Nationality: Georgia

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria or Kantariya (Georgian: ??????? ????????, Russian: ??????? ?????????? ????????; 5 October 1920 – 27 December 1993), Hero of the Soviet Union (8 May 1946), was a Georgian sergeant of the Soviet Army credited to have hoisted a Soviet flag over the Reichstag on 30 April 1945, together with Mikhail Yegorov and Alexei Berest.