| Ambassador of Russia to the United States | |
|---|---|
| посол Российской Федерации в США | |
 Seal of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Style | His Excellency |
| Residence | Russian ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. |
| Appointer | President of Russia |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the president |
| Inaugural holder | Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov As ambassador of the Russian Empire |
| Formation | 17 August 1808 |
| Succession | Charge d'affairs |
| Website | Russian 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] Since 21 August 2017, the post of is held by Anatoly Antonov.[2]
List of Ambassadors
Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the United States
| Name | Photo | Appointed | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov |  | 1808 | 1817 |
| Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika |  | 1817 | 24 April 1822 |
| Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken | .jpg.webp) | 19 April 1823 | 11 April 1826 |
| Pavel Kridener | 1827 | 1837 | |
| Alexander de Bodisco | 1837 | 1854 | |
| Alexander Medem | 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
| Name | Photo | Appointed | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Bakhmetev |  | 1917 | 1917 |
Ambassadors of the Soviet Union (Soviet Russia 1917-1922) to the United States
| Name | Photo | Appointed | Credentials presented | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxim Litvinov |  | 1918
(as ambassador of Soviet Russia) |
1919 | |
| Ludwig Martens |  | 1919
(as ambassador of Soviet Russia) |
1921 | |
| Boris Skvirsky | .jpg.webp) | 1922 | 1933 | |
| Alexander Troyanovsky | .jpg.webp) | 20 November 1933 | 8 January 1934 | 1 October 1938 |
| Konstantin Umansky | .jpg.webp) | 11 May 1939
(as plenipotentiary representative)[5] |
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 | 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 | 15 March 1991 | 26 December 1991 |
Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the United States
| Name | Photo | Appointed | Appointer | Credentials presented | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Komplektov | 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[6] | Dmitry Medvedev | 16 September 2008[7] | 22 July 2017 |
| Anatoly Antonov | .jpg.webp) | 1 September 2017[8] | Vladimir Putin | 9 September 2017[9] |
References
- ↑ "Embassy of the Russian Federation in the USA". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- 1 2 "Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ↑ "Residence of the Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ↑ "Russian Consulates in the U.S." Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
- ↑ Полномочное представительство – Посольство СССР в Соединённых Штатах Америки (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898–1991. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Diplomatic List: Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials". Department of State. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
- ↑ Новый посол России в США Анатолий Антонов заступит на пост 1 сентября
- ↑ Посол России в США Антонов вручил Трампу верительные грамоты
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