Andrey Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, and Nikolay Fedorenko, Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN (second left), at the 20^th session of the UN General Assembly. (September 21, 1965) Andrey Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, and Nikolay Fedorenko, Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN (right), at the press-conference of Aleksey Kosygin, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers in the UN Headquarters. (25 June 1967)

Nikolai Fedorenko (1912-2000) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in diplomatic service since 1939 1939-1941 - interpreter at the Embassy of the USSR in China 1941-1948 - Third Secretary, Second Secretary, First Secretary and then Counsellor at the Embassy of the USSR in China 1948-1949 - Acting Head of the First Far Eastern Section of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1950-1952 - Counsellor at the Embassy of the USSR in the People’s Republic of China 1952 - Acting Head of the First Far Eastern Section of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1952-1953 - Head of the First Far Eastern Section of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1953-1955 - Head of the Far Eastern Section of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1955-1958 - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR 1958-1962 - Ambassador of the USSR to Japan 1962-1967 - Permanent Representative of the USSR to the UN and USSR Representative to the UN Security Council 1968 - left the Ministry to take up scientific work at the Academy of Sciences