Born on December 19, 1922 in the village of Temnaya (now the Baikal district of the Tyumen region). In 1938 he graduated with honors from the Karachinsk incomplete secondary school, and in 1940 the Tobolsk school of the FZO. After completing the training, he was sent as a radio operator to the Khanty-Mansiysk regional communications office. In June 1941 he was drafted into the ranks of the Red Army. After graduating from the Tallinn Military Infantry School in March 1942, he was sent to the front with the rank of lieutenant. Combat path: battalion commander, participated in battles as part of the 108th Infantry Division of the 65th Army under the command of T.K. Rokossovsky and P. Batov. Was injured. In August 1945 he was transferred to a reserve regiment. In August 1946 he was transferred to the reserve. After demobilization N.M. Ilinykh worked in the Kondinskaya, Oktyabrskaya, Berezovskaya communication offices. In August 1959 he returned to the Khanty-Mansiysk regional communications office, where he worked as an engineer in a transmitting radio center. Awards: Order of the Red Star, World War II degree; medals "For the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", "For the crossing of the Oder", "For the liberation of Poland", the badge "Excellent worker of the USSR Ministry of Communications". He died in January 1969. He was buried in the city of Khanty-Mansiysk at the Southern cemetery.