Nikolai Trofimovich Fedorenko (; – October 2, 2000) was a

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philologist, orientalist, statesman, public figure, professor (1953), and corresponding member of the

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(1958).

Biography

Nikolai Fedorenko graduated from

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in 1937. In 1954, he received a rank of

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of the

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. In 1955–1958, Nikolai Fedorenko was a deputy foreign minister and then Soviet ambassador to Japan (1958–1962), where he succeeded the late

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. In 1963–1968, he was appointed Permanent Representative of the USSR to the

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and Soviet representative at the

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. In 1970–1988, Nikolai Fedorenko was the editor-in-chief of the ''

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'' magazine. Nikolai Fedorenko authored a number of works on the history of

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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

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, four other orders, and numerous medals. He also acted as interpreter for

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during

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's visit to

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in 1949. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fedorenko, Nikolai 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