Nikolai Trofimovich Fedorenko (Russian: Николай Трофимович Федоренко) (9 November [O.S.

Nikolai Fedorenko graduated from Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies in 1937.

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.

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.