Stepan Chervonenko

{{Short description|Russian diplomat}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Stepan Chervonenko

|native_name = {{No bold|Степан Червоненко}}

|native_name_lang = ru

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|imagesize = 190px

|office = Head of the Cadres Abroad Department of the Central Committee

|term_start = July 1959

|term_end = 30 September 1988

|predecessor = Nikolai Pegov

|successor = Post abolished

|office1 = Ambassador of the Soviet Union to France

|term_start1 = 3 May 1973

|term_end1 = 20 January 1983

|predecessor1 = Pyotr Abrasimov

|successor1 = Yuli Vorontsov

|office2 = Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Czechoslovakia

|term_start2 = 13 April 1965

|term_end2 = 27 April 1973

|predecessor2 = Mikhail Zimyanin

|successor2 = Vladimir Matskevich

|office3 = Ambassador of the Soviet Union to China

|term_start3 =15 October 1959

|term_end3 = 13 April 1965

|predecessor3 = Pavel Yudin

|successor3 = Sergey Lapin

|office5 = Full member of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th Central Committee

|term_start5 =31 October 1961

|term_end5= 25 April 1989

|birth_date = {{birth date|1915|9|3|df=y}}

|birth_place = Okip, Poltava Oblast, Russian Empire

|death_date = {{death date and age|2003|7|11|1915|9|3|df=y}}

|death_place = Moscow, Russian Federation

|nationality = Ukrainian

|party = Communist Party of the Soviet Union

|profession = Diplomat, civil servant

|awards ={{Honored Employee of the Diplomatic Service (Russia)}}Honored Employee of the Diplomatic Service of the Russian Federation

}}

Stepan Vasilievich Chervonenko ({{Langx|ru|Степан Васильевич Червоненко}}; {{Langx|uk|Степан Васильович Червоненко}}, {{langx|cs|Stěpan Vasiljevič Červoněnko}}; born {{OldStyleDate|16 September|1915|3 September}}, Okip, Poltava Oblast, Russian Empire, died 11 July 2003, Moscow, Russian Federation) was the Soviet ambassador to Peking"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679746323" The Unknown Story Mao, Jung Chang,2006, p. 457 in 1961. Whilst serving as the ambassador to Peking, Chervonenko was present during the breakup of Sino-Soviet Relations. In a meeting with the Vice Premier Chen Yi, Chervonenko was told that Moscow should stop "severing the friendship between the two countries."Shu Guang Zhang, 2010, The Sino-Soviet alliance and the Cold War in Asia, 1954-1962. The Cambridge History of the Cold War, Vol 1, p.371. Chervonenko also served in Czechoslovakia in 1968 (in office from 1965 until 1973, preceded by Mikhail Zimyanin, succeeded by Vladimir Matskevich). Chervonenko is known for his role in suppressing the Prague Spring of 1968. In 1973 he was appointed Soviet Ambassador to France, a post which he retained until 1983. He was subsequently appointed head of the Cadres Abroad department of the CPSU Central Committee. Spouse Lyudmila Chikolini (1917–2002) was a historian.