Pioneer Kolya Myagotin actively fought against the kulaks in the village of Kolesnikovo in the Kurgan region. He was born on May 9, 1918, into a poor peasant family. In the autumn of that same year, his father, Andrei Petrovich, died of cholera. Kolya's mother, Arina Osipovna, was seriously ill and could not feed her four children, so the youngest, Kolya, was sent to an orphanage in the village of Mokrousovo, where he was raised until the age of 11. In the orphanage, Kolya began to study and became a pioneer.

Upon returning to his mother, Kolya studied well, actively participated in public life, was a leader of the pioneer group, a member of the student committee, and an editorial board member of the school newspaper. In the summer, he worked in his native collective farm named after the VIII district congress.

The kulaks tried to destroy the young collective farm by damaging equipment and stealing livestock. Kolya Myagotin began writing about their actions in the district newspaper and reported a major theft of collective farm bread to the village council.

In October 1932, the kulak Fotey Sychev incited brothers Ivan and Mikhail Vakhrushev to kill Kolya. A shot at point-blank range ended the life of the thirteen-year-old pioneer.

The court sentenced the organizers of the murder to execution. For his feat, Kolya Myagotin was entered into the Honor Roll of the All-Union Pioneer Organization named after V. I. Lenin. On March 2, 1933, one of the central streets of Kurgan was named after him. By a resolution of the Kurgan City Council on May 24, 1954, the name of Kolya Myagotin was assigned to the Palace of Pioneers and Schoolchildren. In the village of Kolesnikovo, his name is carried by the local collective farm, the eight-year school, and the House of Culture. A museum has been opened there, and a monument has been erected with the inscription: 'Here lies pioneer Kolya Myagotin, brutally killed by kulaks on October 25, 1932.'