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Meliton Kantaria

1920 - 1993

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Meliton Varlamis dze Kantaria or Kantariya (Georgian: მელიტონ ქანთარია; Russian: Мелитон Варламович Кантария, romanized: Meliton Varlamovich Kantariya; 5 October 1920 – 27 December 1993) was a sergeant of the Soviet Army credited with having hoisted a Soviet flag over the Reichstag on 1 May 1945, together with Mikhail Yegorov and Alexei Berest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Meliton Kantaria is the 820th most popular military personnel (down from 766th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Georgia (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Georgian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Meliton Kantaria ranks 820 out of 2,058. Before him are John Sullivan, Nikolai Ogarkov, Oda Nobutaka, Abu Bakr ibn Umar, Max von Gallwitz, and Artabanes. After him are Paul Revere, Jawhar, Rudolf Schmidt, Theodor Wisch, Doc Holliday, and Hydarnes II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Meliton Kantaria ranks 118. Before him are Guido Cantelli, Ignatius IV of Antioch, Heinz Hitler, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Marcial Maciel, and Václav Neumann. After him are Tonino Guerra, Emilio Colombo, Jean Starobinski, Henry Heimlich, Ray Harryhausen, and José Mauro de Vasconcelos. Among people deceased in 1993, Meliton Kantaria ranks 67. Before him are Eleanor Hibbert, Yuri Lotman, Tofiq Bahramov, Silvina Ocampo, Raymond Burr, and Sebastiano Baggio. After him are Hervé Villechaize, Thomas Watson Jr., Jimmy Doolittle, Pierre Bérégovoy, René Pleven, and Myrna Loy.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Meliton Kantaria ranks 66 out of 406. Before him are George IV of Georgia (1191), Boris Akunin (1956), Roustam Raza (1783), Eliso Virsaladze (1942), Giorgi Saakadze (1570), and Irakli Tsereteli (1881). After him are Aslan Abashidze (1938), Giorgi Margvelashvili (1969), Hümaşah Sultan (1634), Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia (1869), Georgiy Daneliya (1930), and Pavel Bermondt-Avalov (1877).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Georgia

Among military personnels born in Georgia, Meliton Kantaria ranks 4. Before him are Yakov Dzhugashvili (1907), Aleksei Brusilov (1853), and Roustam Raza (1783). After him are Kakutsa Cholokashvili (1888), Gurgen Dalibaltayan (1926), Oleksii Arestovych (1975), Abu Omar al-Shishani (1986), and Zaza Gogava (1971).

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