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{{Short description|Soviet philologist, orientalist, statesman and academic (1912–2000)}}
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| name             = Nikolai Fedorenko
| native_name      =Николай Трофимович Федоренко
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| birth_date       = {{OldStyleDate|27 October|1912|9 November}}
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| death_date       = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2000|10|02|1912|11|09}}
| death_place      = Moscow
| alma_mater       = [[Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies]]
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| 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"]]
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'''Nikolai Trofimovich Fedorenko''' ({{langx|ru|Николай Трофимович Федоренко}}; {{OldStyleDate|9 November|1912|27 October}} – October 2, 2000) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] philologist, orientalist, statesman, public figure, professor (1953), and corresponding member of the [[Soviet Academy of Sciences]] (1958).

== Biography ==
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 [[List of ambassadors of Russia to Japan|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 [[Culture of China|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 [[Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze|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.

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