branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance nationality birth_date article_title name
red army moscow 27 december 1993 jvari , georgia soviet union soviet 5 october 1920 meliton kantaria
 meliton kantaria
meliton kantaria

meliton varlamis dze kantaria or kantariya -lrb- , -rrb- -lrb- 5 october 1920 in jvari , georgia -- 27 december 1993 in moscow -rrb- , hero of the soviet union -lrb- 8 may 1946 -rrb- , was a georgian sergeant of the soviet army credited to have together with m. a. yegorov and oleksiy berest hoisted a soviet flag `` banner of victory '' over the reichstag on april 30 , 1945 .
