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).

Early life Nykyfor Kalchenko was born on 9 February (27 January O.S.) 1906 into a peasant family in the small village of Koshmanovka in Poltava Governorate (now Poltava Oblast). In 1921, he started studying at the Poltava School of Horticulture, from which he graduated from in 1924. After graduating, he worked as an authorized representative of the agricultural workers' union, before returning to studying, this time at the Poltava Agricultural Institute. 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)