Stepan Vasilievich Chervonenko (Russian and Ukrainian: Степан Васильевич Червоненко, Czech: Stěpan Vasiljevič Červoněnko; born 16 September [O.S. 3 September] 1915, Okip, Poltava Oblast, Russian Empire, died 11 July 2003, Moscow, Russian Federation) was the Soviet ambassador to Peking[1] in 1961 and Czechoslovakia 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 of 1968. Spouse Людмила Сергеевна Чиколини (1917-2002), a historian.