From the Hungarian Wikipedia page [1], and also based upon the Russian Wikipedia page [2]
Nikos Nikolai Nikolsky (Russian: Николай Тарасович Никовский; Ukrainian: Микола Тарасович Ніковський; Jalosovetka, December 23, 1917 - Kiev, 20 November 1997) Soviet military officer Colonel who participated in the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It was the first division that had reached and occupied the Budapest bridges. That is why he was honored for the act of the Soviet Union Heroes.
Nikolay Taraszovich Nyikovsky was born in Jalosovetka, on December 23, 1917 (December 10, the old calendar), a peasant family. He studied car installation, and until 1938 he worked as an engineer at a Petroostrovi tractor and machine station when he joined the Workers' Peasant Red Army. There he completed further studies - primarily political - until 1941. He participated in the Winter War and World War II. He got a degree in the Harpering Military Academy in 1945.
In the 1950s, he served in Hungary as Commander of the 87th Harpoon Commander of the 2nd Military Division, in the rank of Colonel. The service was Cegléd. On October 24, 1956, he was the first regiment to appear in Budapest, with the aim of defeating the Hungarian uprising. She took more bridges within a short time. With his regiment, he was constantly involved in street fighting and the elimination of resistance.
On December 18, 1956, he won the Hero of the Soviet Union and the Lenin Order prizes and received the Gold Star 10808. The reason for the award was that he had done his actions with exceptional military courage.
He completed his active military service in 1966, then lived in Kiev until his death on November 20, 1997. In Kiev he was buried in the Lukjanyivkai military cemetery.