Pore Mosulishvili | |
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Nickname(s) | Pore |
Born | Kvemo Machkhaani, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (now Georgia) | July 20, 1916
Died | December 3, 1944 Lesa, Novara, Italian Social Republic (now Italy) | (aged 28)
Buried | |
Allegiance | Soviet Union (1939–1944) Italy (1944) |
Years of service | 1939–1944 |
Rank | Starshina |
Commands | 2nd Battalion of Brigade "Servadei" |
Battles / wars | World War II † |
Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union Order of Lenin Gold Medal of Military Valor |
Pore Mosulishvili (IPA: [pʰoɾe mosuliʃʷili]; Georgian: ფორე მოსულიშვილი; Russian: Христофор Николаевич Мосулишвили, Khristophor Nikolaievich Mosulishvili; Italian: Pore Mossulishvili; July 20, 1916 – December 3, 1944) was a Soviet soldier of Georgian origin and partisan in the Italian resistance movement during the World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Gold Medal of Military Valor and the title Hero of the Soviet Union[1] for his heroic self-sacrifice.