Nikifor Kalchenko

Nykyfor Tymofiyovych Kalchenko (Ukrainian: Никифор Тимофійович Кальченко; 9 February [O.S. 27 January] 1906 – 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]

Nykyfor Kalchenko
Никифор Кальченко
Born	9 February [O.S. 27 January], 1906 Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	14 May, 1989 (aged 83) Kyiv, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Occupation	Politician
Known for	Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR

Nykyfor Kalchenko was born in a peasant family in a small village Koshmanovka in Poltava Governorate (now Poltava Oblast).^{[citation needed]}

In 1928 he graduated Poltava Agriculture Institute.^{[citation needed]}

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)^[2]

• Order of the October Revolution (August 27, 1971)^[2]
• Order of the Red Banner (April 6, 1945)^[2]
• 2 Orders of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 1st class (May 29, 1944; July 29, 1944)^[2]
• Medal "For Labour Valour" (December 25, 1959)^[2]