Due to the wounds he suffered during the fighting, Kolesov was not able to hold another combat post during the war.

He later worked as a quality controller within the Soviet military equipment procurement organization.

After finishing school in 1939, he worked as a radio operator and as an assistant projectionist in the regional Palace of Culture at Kruglovka in Nekhayevsky District.

On 10 January 1944, Kolesov was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union and the Order of Lenin.

Between 1946 and 1947, he worked as the chief of the personnel department for the Kruglovskogo Executive Committee in the Volgograd Oblast.

He then became the head of the personnel department of the Moscow transport hub, part of the operational office of the Ministry of Railways.

Between February and April 1976, he worked as a technician in the Soviet military equipment quality control organization.