Nikolai Fedorenko
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Николай Трофимович Федоренко | |
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| Born | 27 October [O.S. 9 November] 1912 |
| Died | 2 October 2000 (aged 87) Moscow |
| Alma mater | Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies |
| Occupation | Diplomat, philologist, orientalist |
| Awards | Order of Lenin, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For Labour Valour", Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" |
Nikolai Trofimovich Fedorenko (Russian: Николай Трофимович Федоренко) (9 November [O.S. 27 October] 1912, Pyatigorsk – October 2, 2000) was a Soviet philologist, orientalist, statesman, public figure, professor (1953), and corresponding member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1958).
Biography
[edit]Nikolai Fedorenko graduated from Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies in 1937. In 1954, he received a rank of extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the USSR. In 1955–1958, Nikolai Fedorenko was a deputy foreign minister and then Soviet ambassador to Japan (1958–1962), where he succeeded the late Ivan Tevosian. In 1963–1968, he was appointed Permanent Representative of the USSR to the United Nations and Soviet representative at the United Nations Security Council. In 1970–1988, Nikolai Fedorenko was the editor-in-chief of the Foreign Literature magazine.
Nikolai Fedorenko authored a number of works on the history of Chinese and Japanese culture, Chinese classical and modern literature. He was an honorary member of the Tokyo Sinology Institute (1961) and honorary academician of the Florentine Art Academy (1975). Nikolai Fedorenko was awarded two Orders of Lenin, four other orders, and numerous medals. He also acted as interpreter for Joseph Stalin during Mao Zedong's visit to Soviet Union in 1949.
This article includes content derived from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969–1978, which is partially in the public domain.
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- 1912 births
- 2000 deaths
- Members of the Central Auditing Commission of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Soviet orientalists
- Soviet philologists
- Soviet editors
- Soviet politicians
- Permanent Representatives of the Soviet Union to the United Nations
- Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Japan
- Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences
- Soviet literary historians
- Soviet male writers
- Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies alumni