Konstantin Mikhailovich Novikov, born 1923 in Nerlei village, Bolshebereznikovsky district, Mordovia. Tractor operator of the state farm "2nd Five-Year Plan". Called 5.03.1942, Mishkino. Tractor driver, 20th training tank regiment. Since February 1943, 1st separate tank evacuation company of the 1st Belorussian Regiment. Demobilized on 25.03.1947. Awarded with the Order of Labour Red Banner, the Order of the Great Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, medals "For Courage", "For Combat Services", "For the capture of Berlin", "For the victory over Germany", "For the development of virgin and fallow lands", "For Labor Valor".