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List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States

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Ambassador of Russia to the United States
посол Российской Федерации в США
Seal of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
since 6 March 2025
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. Alexander Darchiev is the current ambassador, serving since 6 March 2025.

List of Ambassadors

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Russian Empire

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Name Photo Appointed Until
Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov
1808 1817
Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika
1817 1822 April 24
Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken
1823 April 19 1826 April 11
Pavel Kridener
1827 1837
Alexander de Bodisco
1837 1854
Alexander Medem [ru] 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

Russian Provisional Government

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Name Photo Appointed Until
Boris Bakhmetev
1917 1917

Soviet Union

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

(as plenipotentiary representative)[4]

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

Russian Federation

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Name Photo Appointed Appointer Credentials presented Until
Viktor Komplektov [ru]
1991 Boris Yeltsin 1992
Vladimir Lukin
January 24, 1992 Boris Yeltsin February 8, 1994
Yuli Vorontsov
July 23, 1994 Boris Yeltsin December 16, 1998
Yuri Ushakov
1999 Boris Yeltsin January 22, 1999 May 31, 2008
Sergey Kislyak
July 26, 2008[5] Dmitry Medvedev September 16, 2008[6] July 22, 2017
Anatoly Antonov
September 1, 2017[7] Vladimir Putin September 9, 2017[8] October 10, 2024[9]
Alexander Darchiev
March 6, 2025[10] Vladimir Putin Present

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Embassy of the Russian Federation in the USA". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ "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. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "УКАЗ Президента РФ от 26.07.2008 N 1122" (in Russian). Presidential Press and Information Office. Archived from the original on August 13, 2008. Retrieved October 16, 2008.
  6. ^ "Diplomatic List: Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials". Department of State. 29 May 2009. Retrieved June 14, 2009.
  7. ^ Новый посол России в США Анатолий Антонов заступит на пост 1 сентября
  8. ^ Посол России в США Антонов вручил Трампу верительные грамоты
  9. ^ "Putin Relieves Russian Ambassador to U.S. With No Replacement Named". The Moscow Times. October 10, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  10. ^ "Putin, mending ties with US, names veteran diplomat Darchiev as new ambassador". Reuters. 6 March 2025.
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