Nikifor Kalchenko

Nykyfor Tymofiyovych Kalchenko (; – 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). 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