Lavrenty Ivanovich Avaliani (Russian: Лаврентий Иванович Авалиани, Georgian: ლავრენტი ივანეს ძე ავალიანი; 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.