Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Poland
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent
Sergey Andreyev
since 26 August 2014
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Warsaw
StyleHis Excellency
Reports toMinister of Foreign Affairs
SeatWarsaw
AppointerPresident of Russia
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
WebsiteRussian Embassy in Poland

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Republic of Poland is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Poland.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Warsaw.[1] There are consulates general in Gdańsk, Kraków, and Poznań.[2][3][4] The post of Russian Ambassador to Poland is currently held by Sergey Andreyev, incumbent since 26 August 2014.[5]

History of diplomatic relations

Poland and Russia have exchanged diplomatic missions for centuries. The first ambassador in the modern meaning of this word, from Poland to Russia, was Antoni Augustyn Deboli, in the late 18th century. After the period of partitions of Poland, in 1918, relations were established between the Second Polish Republic and Soviet Union. After Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 those relations were broken, to be briefly reestablished in 1941 after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, when the Soviet Union and Polish government in exile agreed to cooperate against their common enemy, Nazi Germany. Those relations were broken in 1943 after discovery of the Katyn massacre. In 1989 the communist government of the Polish People's Republic was replaced with a democratic form that continues to the present; after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Poland recognised the Russian Federation.

List of representatives (1508 – present)

Representatives of the Tsardom of Russia to the Kingdom of Poland (1508)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Ivan Chelyadin Envoy 1508 1508

Representatives of the Tsardom of Russia to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1584–1721)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Mikhail Beznin-Nashchokin Envoy 1584 1598
Ivan Bezobrazov Envoy 1598 1606
Afanasy Pronchishchev Envoy 1640 1648
Johann Patkul Envoy 1703 1703
Grigory Dolgorukov Envoy 1701 1706
Vasily Dolgorukov Envoy 1706 1707
Grigory Dolgorukov Envoy 1709 1712
Aleksey Dashkov Resident 1712 1718
Semyon Naryshkin Envoy 1714 1714
Grigory Dolgorukov Ambassador 1715 1721

Representatives of the Russian Empire to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1721–1795)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Sergey Dolgorukov Envoy 1721 1725
Vasily Dolgorukov Envoy 1725 1726
Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin Envoy 1726 1731
Sergey Dolgorukov Envoy 1728 1729
Friedrich Casimir von Loewenwolde Ambassador 1730 1733
Hermann Karl von Keyserling Ambassador 1733 1744
Mikhail Bestuzhev-Ryumin Ambassador 1744 1748
Hermann Karl von Keyserling Ambassador 1749 1752
Genrikh Gross Ambassador 1752 1758
Mikhail Volkonsky Ambassador 1757 1758
Fyodor Voeykov Ambassador 1758 1762
Hermann Karl von Keyserling Ambassador 1763 1764
Nikolai Repnin Ambassador 1764 1768
Mikhail Volkonsky Ambassador 1769 1771
Kasper von Saldern Ambassador 1771 1772
Otto Magnus von Stackelberg Ambassador 1772 1790
Yakov Bulgakov Ambassador 1790 1792
Jacob von Sievers Ambassador 1793 1793
Iosif Igelström Ambassador 1793 1794
Ivan Ash Ambassador 1794 1795

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Poland (1921–1943)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Lev Karakhan Diplomatic Representative 30 May 1921 9 October 1922
Leonid Obolensky Diplomatic Representative 16 October 1922 16 October 1924
Pyotr Voykov Diplomatic Representative 16 October 1924 7 June 1927
Aleksandr Ulyanov Chargé d'affaires 7 June 1927 1927
Dmitry Bogomolov Diplomatic Representative 17 September 1927 1 December 1929
Yuriy Kotsiubynsky Chargé d'affaires 1 December 1929 30 January 1930
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko Diplomatic Representative 3 January 1930 5 April 1934
Yakov Davydov Diplomatic Representative 5 April 1934 26 October 1937
Pavel Listopad Chargé d'affaires 1937 1939
Nikolai Sharonov Diplomatic Representative 1 June 1939 25 October 1939
Invasion of Poland – Diplomatic relations interrupted (1939–1941)
Aleksandr Bogomolov Ambassador 21 August 1941 25 April 1943 Representative to the Polish government-in-exile in London
Relations deteriorate over investigation of Soviet repressions of Polish citizens and Katyn massacre – Diplomatic relations interrupted (1943–1945)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Polish People's Republic (1945–1989)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Viktor Lebedev Ambassador 6 June 1945 2 March 1951
Arkady Sobolev Ambassador 2 March 1951 21 June 1953
Georgy Popov Ambassador 21 June 1953 27 March 1954
Nikolai Mikhailov Ambassador 27 March 1954 7 May 1955
Panteleimon Ponomarenko Ambassador 7 May 1955 3 October 1957
Peter Abrassimov Ambassador 3 October 1957 14 February 1961
Averky Aristov Ambassador 14 February 1961 10 March 1971
Stanislav Pilotovich Ambassador 10 March 1971 17 May 1978
Boris Aristov Ambassador 17 May 1978 11 July 1983
Aleksandr Aksyonov Ambassador 11 July 1983 3 January 1986
Vladimir Brovikov Ambassador 3 January 1986 December 1989

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Poland (1989–1991)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Vladimir Brovikov Ambassador December 1989 8 May 1990
Yury Kashlev Ambassador 8 May 1990 25 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Poland (1991–present)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Yury Kashlev Ambassador 25 December 1991 2 November 1996
Leonid Drachevsky Ambassador 2 November 1996 16 November 1998
Sergey Razov Ambassador 13 April 1999 23 February 2002
Nikolay Afanasevsky Ambassador 23 February 2002 23 June 2005
Vladimir Grinin Ambassador 21 April 2006 21 June 2010
Aleksandr Alekseyev Ambassador 21 June 2010 26 August 2014
Sergey Andreyev Ambassador 26 August 2014

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Посольство России в Польше" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Генеральное Консульство Российский Федерации в Гданьске" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Генеральное Консульство Российский Федерации в Кракове" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Генеральное Консульство Российский Федерации в Познане" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Посол Российской Федерации в Республике Польша Андреев Сергей Вадимович" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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