Education
Nikolai Fedorenko graduated from Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies in 1937.
Nikolai Fedorenko graduated from Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies in 1937.
In 1954, he received a rank of extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. 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 Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 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 also acted as interpreter for 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.
Academy of Sciences of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics]
He was an honorary member of the Tokyo Sinology Institute (1961) and honorary academician of the Florentine Art Academy (1975).
