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Poltava Oblast

Poltava Oblast is an oblast of central Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Poltava.Other important cities within the oblast include: Komsomolsk, Kremenchuk, Lubny and Myrhorod.-Geography:...

, Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

, died 11 July 2003, Moscow

Moscow

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, Russian Federation) was the Soviet

Soviet Union

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 ambassador to Peking in 1961 and Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 in 1968 (in office from 1965 until 1973, preceded by Михаил Васильевич Зимянин, succeeded by Владимир Владимирович Мацкевич). Chervonenko is known for his role in suppressing the Prague Spring

Prague Spring

The Prague Spring was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia during the era of its domination by the Soviet Union after World War II...

 of 1968. Spouse Людмила Сергеевна Чиколини (1917-2002), a historian.