Nikifor Kalchenko Explained

Nykyfor Tymofiyovych Kalchenko (Ukrainian: 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 in Poltava Oblast, central Ukraine.

Awards

Nykyfor Kalchenko was awarded the Hero of Socialist Labour in 1976.

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.