Cevdet Dermenci | |
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Nickname(s) | Grigory Ivanovich |
Born | Kikeneiz, Crimean Regional Government (now Crimea) | 27 August 1918
Died | 12 March 1985 Orenburg, Orenburg Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russian Federation) | (aged 66)
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Service | Red Army |
Rank | Captain |
Awards | Order of Lenin |
Cevdet Dermenci (Russian: Джевдет Умерович Дерменджи, romanized: Dzhevdet Umerovich Dermendzhi; 27 August 1918 – 1985) was a decorated Crimean Tatar captain and battalion commander in the Red Army. For his bravery in being the first to lead his landing group across the Dnieper during his second crossing of the river he was nominated for the title Hero of the Soviet Union, but awarded only the Order of Lenin.[1][2]