Nykyfor Timofiyovych 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 1906 births 1989 deaths People from Poltava Oblast People from Poltava Governorate Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire Heroes of Socialist Labour Chairpersons of the Council of Ministers of Ukraine First deputy chairpersons of the Council of Ministers of Ukraine First convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) members 20th-century Ukrainian politicians Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Third convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Fourth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Fifth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Rural economy ministers of Ukraine