Born on December 19, 1925 in Novy Machim village, Shemysheisky district, Penza region, in a peasant family. In January 1943, he was drafted into the Red Army, and received the specialty of a tank gunner. Commander of the Orders of Glory of three classes Nikolai Sidorovich Kudashov was a commander of the T-34 gun of the 20th Guards Tank Brigade (5th Guards Tank Corps, 6th Tank Army, 2nd Ukrainian Front), Guard Sergeant First Class. Kudashov died in February 1945 during the liberation of Santovo in Czechoslovakia. Awarded of the Order of the Red Star.