Nikifor Kalchenko Explained

Nykyfor Tymofiyovych Kalchenko
Native Name:	Никифор Тимофійович Кальчекно
Native Name Lang:	uk
Birth Date:	9 February [O.S. 27 January], 1906
Birth Place:	Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Death Date:	14 May, 1989 (aged 83)
Death Place:	Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Occupation:	Politician
Known For:	Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR

Nykyfor Tymofiyovych Kalchenko (uk|Никифор Тимофійович Кальчекно;  - 14 May 1989) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR (equivalent of today's prime-minister).^[1]

Biography

Nykyfor Kalchenko was born in a peasant family in a small village Koshmanovka in Poltava Governorate (now Poltava Oblast).

In 1928 he graduated Poltava Agriculture Institute.

Awards

• Hero of Socialist Labour (February 6, 1976) ^[2]
• 8 Orders of Lenin (February 7, 1939; May 29, 1945; January 23, 1948; February 8, 1956; February 26, 1958; February 8, 1966; December 8, 1973; February 6, 1976)
• Order of the October Revolution (August 27, 1971)
• Order of the Red Banner (April 6, 1945)
• 2 Orders of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st class (May 29, 1944; July 29, 1944)
• Medal "For Labour Valour" (December 25, 1959)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Урядовий портал :: Керівники урядів Української Радянської Соціалістичної Республіки . www.kmu.gov.ua . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121007222359/http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?showHidden=1&art_id=1261530&cat_id=661258 . 2012-10-07.
2. Web site: Кальченко Никифор Тимофеевич . 2024-10-07 . warheroes.ru.