Цитата:
"Memorial station" Victory-67 "(05.05.2012-09.05.2012), is dedicated to the hero of the Soviet Union, the lieutenant - Kolesnikov Nikolai Pavlovich.
Born in 1914 in the city of Kostroma.
In June 1941, drafted into the army.
Excelled in crossing the Dnieper River.
Battery commander Lieutenant Kolesnikov skillfully organized the training of crossing equipment. October 1, 1943 guns calculations without loss overcame the Dnieper and were fixed on the right bank near the farm Monastyrek (Kagarlyksky district of Kyiv region). In the course of the battery had to take part in repelling counterattacks. From the first shots of artillery fire extinguished Kolesnikova five points of the machine-gun Nazis, was shot three vehicles with infantry, silenced three enemy guns. On this day the Nazi counterattack followed one after another. At the end of the day the battery commander was seriously wounded and died on October 2.
Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on December 24, 1943 for their courage and heroism of the Senior Lieutenant Kolesnikov Nicholas I was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously.
He was buried on the farm Monastyrek (now within the boundaries of the village Rzhyshchiv). "