Rank: Lieutenant General of Artillery Type of Troops: Artillery Subdivision: 12th Guards Rifle Pinsk Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division Kolesnikov Ivan Stepanovich was born on November 18, 1911 in the village of Novo-Kubansk, Novokubanskiy district, Krasnodar Territory, into a peasant family. Parents of Kolesnikov I.S. before and after the 1917 revolution, they were engaged in agriculture, since 1929 members of the collective farm. Kolesnikov I.S. there was an older sister Anna (born in 1907), brother Grigory (born in 1908) died in 1941 at the front, brother Mikhail (born in 1922) was killed in 1951 while on duty. In 1927, Kolesnikov I.S. finished 7 classes of junior high school. Labor activity before conscription: 1925-1931 - responsible grain receiver at the Leninsky Put collective farm. 1931-1932 - head of the procurement center of Novo-Kubansky Selpo. Party affiliation: member of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks since December 1936, adopted by the Political Department of the Tbilisi Garrison's special units, party card number 1990643. In the Soviet Army Kolesnikov I.S. was drafted on November 1, 1933 by the Armavir district military enlistment office of the Krasnodar Territory and enlisted as a cadet in the 2nd separate communications battalion of the Transcaucasian Military District (ZakVO), where until September 3, 1934 he studied at the school of junior commanders. From 1934 to 1936 - Secretary of the Komsomol Bureau in the 2nd separate communications battalion of the Transcaucasian Military District. On June 25, 1938, he was appointed senior instructor of the political administration of the ZakVO. On January 1, 1940, he was enrolled in a one-year advanced training course for senior political personnel at the Engels Leningrad School. After graduation, he became deputy commander for political affairs of the 554th Mountain Rifle Regiment of the 138 Mountain Rifle Division of the ZakVO, Dilijan. Since December 1, 1941 Kolesnikov I.S. served as military commissar of the 35th separate cadet brigade of the 20th Army of the western front. From October 1942 to October 1944 he was the commander of the 37th Guards Rifle Regiment of the 12th Guards Rifle Division of the Bryansk Front. From December 1944 to February 1946 he studied at the Higher Military Academy of the General Staff named after Marshal of the Soviet Union K. E. Voroshilov. From 1953 to 1970 - commandant of the city of Moscow. On the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. Kolesnikov Ivan Stepanovich took part in battles in the Oryol-Bolkhov operation during the capture of cities: Orel and Bolkhov. In September 1943, he crossed the Dnieper River north of the town of Radul. On the night of September 29-30, 1943, Kolesnikov's regiment was among the first to cross the Dnieper near the village of Glushets, Loevsky District, Gomel Region, Byelorussian SSR, seized and held the bridgehead on the western bank of the river until the crossing of the main forces, inflicting heavy losses on German troops. By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 15, 1944, for "skilful command of a rifle regiment, exemplary performance of combat missions of the command in the fight against the German invaders, and the courage and heroism shown at the same time," the guard Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Kolesnikov was awarded the high title of Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal. p Kolesnikov I.S. took part in the liberation of Brest and the Brest Fortress, for which he was awarded the Order of Suvorov III degree. During the liberation of the city of Riga and the crossing of the Vistula River, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.