List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States

Ambassador of Russia to the United States
посол Российской Федерации в США
Seal of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
vacant
since 10 October 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceRussian ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.
AppointerPresident of Russia
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holderAndrey Yakovlevich Dashkov
As ambassador of the Russian Empire
Formation17 August 1808
SuccessionCharge d'affairs
WebsiteRussian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Russian ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.

The Russian ambassador to the United States is the official representative of the president of the Russian Federation and the Russian government to the president of the United States and the United States government. The ambassador's official title is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States of America.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Washington, D.C.[1] The ambassador to the United States is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the Organization of American States.[2] The ambassador's residence is located at 1125 16th Street Northwest.[3] Russia also maintains consulates general in New York and Houston.[4] Anatoly Antonov was the most recent ambassador, serving from 21 August 2017 until 10 October 2024.[2][5]

List of Ambassadors

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Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the United States

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Name Photo Appointed Until
Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov
1808 1817
Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika
1817 24 April 1822
Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken
19 April 1823 11 April 1826
Pavel Kridener 1827 1837
Alexander de Bodisco
1837 1854
Alexander Medem [de] 1854 1855
Eduard de Stoeckl
1855 1869
Konstantin Katakazi
1869 1872
Karl von Struve
1882 1892
Count Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini
1898 1905
Roman Rosen
1905 1911
George Bakhmetev
1911 1917

Ambassadors of the Russian Provisional Government to the United States

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Name Photo Appointed Until
Boris Bakhmetev
1917 1917

Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the United States

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Name Photo Appointed Credentials presented Until
Maxim Litvinov
1918 1919
Ludwig Martens
1919 1921
Boris Skvirsky [de]
1922[citation needed] 1933
Alexander Troyanovsky
20 November 1933 8 January 1934 1 October 1938
Konstantin Umansky
11 May 1939

(as plenipotentiary representative)[6]

9 May 1941 5 November 1941
Maxim Litvinov
10 November 1941 8 December 1941 22 August 1943
Andrei Gromyko
22 August 1943 4 October 1943 11 April 1946
Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov 11 April 1946 3 June 1946 25 October 1947
Alexander Panyushkin 25 October 1947 31 December 1947 12 June 1952
Georgy Zarubin
14 June 1952 25 September 1952 7 January 1958
Mikhail A. Menshikov [ru] 7 January 1958 11 February 1958 4 January 1962
Anatoly Dobrynin
4 January 1962 30 March 1962 19 May 1986
Yuri Dubinin
19 May 1986 15 May 1990
Alexander Bessmertnykh
15 May 1990 15 January 1991
Viktor Komplektov [ru] 15 March 1991 26 December 1991

Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the United States

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Name Photo Appointed Appointer Credentials presented Until
Viktor Komplektov [ru] 1991 Boris Yeltsin 1992
Vladimir Lukin
24 January 1992 Boris Yeltsin 8 February 1994
Yuli Vorontsov 23 July 1994 Boris Yeltsin 16 December 1998
Yuri Ushakov
1999 Boris Yeltsin 22 January 1999 31 May 2008
Sergey Kislyak
26 July 2008[7] Dmitry Medvedev 16 September 2008[8] 22 July 2017
Anatoly Antonov
1 September 2017[9] Vladimir Putin 9 September 2017[10] 10 October 2024[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Embassy of the Russian Federation in the USA". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Residence of the Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Russian Consulates in the U.S." Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Putin Relieves Russian Ambassador to U.S. With No Replacement Named". The Moscow Times. 2024-10-10. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
  6. ^ "00151" Полномочное представительство – Посольство СССР в Соединённых Штатах Америки (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898–1991. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  7. ^ "УКАЗ Президента РФ от 26.07.2008 N 1122" (in Russian). Presidential Press and Information Office. Archived from the original on 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  8. ^ "Diplomatic List: Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials". Department of State. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  9. ^ Новый посол России в США Анатолий Антонов заступит на пост 1 сентября
  10. ^ Посол России в США Антонов вручил Трампу верительные грамоты
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