Nikifor Kalchenko

Nykyfor Timofiyovych Kalchenko (Ukrainian: Никифор Тимофійович Кальчекно; 9 February [O.S. 27 January] 1906 14 May 1989) was a Ukrainian and Soviet politician, who served as the head of government of Ukrainian SSR (today's equivalent of 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.

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Demyan Korotchenko
Prime Minister of Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR)
1954-1961
Succeeded by
Volodymyr Shcherbytsky


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