Poland Ambassador to Russia
Ambasador Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Rosji
Incumbent
Krzysztof Krajewski
since 18 May 2021
StyleMr. Ambassador
(informal)
His Excellency
(diplomatic)
Reports toPolish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
SeatMoscow, Russia
AppointerPresident of Poland
Term lengthNo fixed term
WebsiteEmbassy of Poland, Russia

The Republic of Poland Ambassador to Russia is the leader of the Poland delegation to Russia.

As with all Poland Ambassadors, the ambassador to Russia is nominated by the President of Poland and confirmed by the Parliamentary Commission of the Foreign Affairs. The ambassador serves at the pleasure of the president, and enjoys full diplomatic immunity.

Poland Embassy in Russia is located in Moscow. In addition there are Consulates General located in Irkutsk, Kaliningrad and Saint Petersburg. There is also Consular Agency in Smolensk, which is responsible for looking after the Katyn massacre and Smolensk air disaster memorials.[1]

History

Poland and Russia had exchanged diplomatic missions for centuries. The first ambassador in the modern meaning of this word, from Poland to Russia, was Antoni Augustyn Deboli, in 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. From that point onward, Soviet Union created its own puppet Polish government, which had its "ambassadors" in the Soviet Union. In 1989 the People's Republic of Poland was transformed into the modern Poland; in 1991, Soviet Union was transformed into modern Russia.

List of ambassadors of Poland to Russia

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Second Polish Republic

Note: Second Republic was created in 1918. Its ambassadors were sent to the newly created successor state of Russia, the Soviet Union.

Polish government-in-exile

Note: Legal successor of the Second Polish Republic.

People's Republic of Poland

Note: Officially, People's Republic of Poland is the name used since 1952. Unofficially, this name is used for all Polish communist governments since 1944.

Third Polish Republic

Note: modern Poland.

See also

References

  1. "Agencja Konsularna RP w Smoleńsku - Polska w Rosji - Portal Gov.pl". Polska w Rosji (in Polish). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  2. "Ignacy Kluczewski h. Ozdoba". www.ipsb.nina.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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