Lavrenty Avaliani

Lavrenty Ivanovich Avaliani (, ; 6 November 1923 - 10 October 1943) was a Soviet soldier who saw action in the Second World War, known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. He reached the rank of sergeant and commanded a squad of the 1372nd Infantry Regiment of the 417th Rifle Division of the 44th Army of the Southern Front. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union in 1943.

Biography Avaliani was born on 6 November 1923 in the village of Gumati, in the Socialist Soviet Republic of Georgia. He was Georgian by nationality. After graduating from five classes, he worked on a collective farm, He fought on the North Caucasian and Southern Fronts in the 1372nd Infantry Regiment of the 417th Rifle Division.

From the award list: ... Avagliani, with his anti-tank rifle and light machine gun, did not allow the enemy to move forward. ... Avagliani, with his anti-tank rifle and hand grenades, knocked out 3 enemy tanks, of which one of the Tiger type, killed up to 150 Nazis from a light machine gun, when the last time the enemy, with the support of tanks, launched a counterattack by a group of machine gunners, Comrade Avagliani immediately took a gun and knocked out with several shots 1 medium tank, but at that time a heavy tank of the "Tiger" type was advancing on it. [Avaliani] let the ["Tiger"] to 40-45 meters and blinded the tank with shots from the anti-tank rifle, and then destroyed it with several anti-tank grenades and opened heavy fire at close range on enemy infantry, and when the cartridges ran out, with a Finnish knife in hand, he rushed at the surviving Nazis, killing another 12 Nazis.

Awards Medal "Gold Star" of the Hero of the Soviet Union (1 November 1943) Order of Lenin (1 November 1943) Order of the Red Banner (8 September 1943) Medal "For Courage" (28 July 1943) Medals