Cevdet Dermenci

Cevdet Dermenci
Nickname(s)Grigory Ivanovich
Born(1918-08-27)27 August 1918
Kikeneiz, Crimean Regional Government
(now Crimea)
Died12 March 1985(1985-03-12) (aged 66)
Orenburg, Orenburg Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Russian Federation)
Allegiance Soviet Union
Service / branchRed Army
RankCaptain
AwardsOrder of Lenin

Cevdet Dermenci (Russian: Джевдет Умерович Дерменджи, romanizedDzhevdet 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]

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