Rank: Red Army soldier. Branch of military: Army, Air forces (except marine aviation), Coast Guards, the troops of the NKVD, Border Guards. Division: 252nd rifle Kharkiv-Bratislava Red Banner order of Suvorov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky division. Father Karthigesu Mikhail Vasilyevich, mother Kurtisheva Evdokia Pavlovna. He was born in the village of Berezovaya Griva, Novosibirsk region (now Kemerovo region, Osinniki). He graduated from the 7th grade of lower secondary school in Myski in 1932. Lawyer by profession. In 1935, he was repressed and served his sentence in Pechora on an oil rig as a foreman. Returned in 1940, rehabilitated, worked at the mine in the city of Osinniki. During the accident, he was injured, injured his spine, and was given a disability. During the War, there were not enough men and he was offered a job as Chairman of the collective farm Berezovaya Griva, but after working for several months, Nikita went to the front as a volunteer. It was already May 1944, the older brother was killed at the front and the younger one was missing. Our troops were already driving the Germans West and liberating the countries of Eastern Europe. Nikita liberated Romania, Hungary, Austria, and fought near the city of Budapest. A submachine gunner of the 252nd rifle division there was seriously wounded and sent to the hospital. By mistake, he was considered dead and a funeral was sent home. In July, Nikita sent a letter from evako-hospital No. 1135, he did not know that his family received a funeral, said that he was seriously injured. In the hospital, he spent from February to April 1945. After discharge, Nikita fought in the 124th rifle division as a submachine gunner until September 8, 1945. In September 1945, Nikita returned home wounded and ill. His father died in January 1946, at the age of 60, of pneumonia. After the War, Nikita Mikhailovich worked at the school of the youth of DPT No. 17 mentor on the mine "Osinnikovskaya" gasamerica underground, mine foreman, assistant section chief. Wife Kurtisheva Ekaterina Ilyinichna. He raised two children (son Valery and daughter Valentina), raised five grandchildren (Ivan, Olga, Natalia, Ekaterina, Artem), and even saw a great-granddaughter Valentina. Maintained good relations with the sisters Ahana and Vasilisa. He died on February 23, 1993 from a stroke, he was 81 years old. He was buried in Osinniki.