List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States

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.

Ambassador of Russia to the United States
посол Российской Федерации в США
Seal of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Anatoly Antonov
since 21 August 2017
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.

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 Dashkov18081817
Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika181724 April 1822
Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken19 April 182311 April 1826
Pavel Kridener18271837
Alexander de Bodisco18371854
Alexander Medem18541855
Eduard de Stoeckl18551869
Konstantin Katakazi18691872
Karl von Struve18821892
Count Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini18981905
Roman Rosen19051911
George Bakhmetev19111917

Ambassadors of the Russian Provisional Government to the United States
Name Photo Appointed Until
Boris Bakhmetev19171917

Ambassadors of the Soviet Union (Soviet Russia 1917-1922) to the United States
Name Photo Appointed Credentials presented Until
Maxim Litvinov1918

(as ambassador of Soviet Russia)

 1919
Ludwig Martens1919

(as ambassador of Soviet Russia)

 1921
Boris Skvirsky19221933
Alexander Troyanovsky20 November 19338 January 19341 October 1938
Konstantin Umansky11 May 1939

(as plenipotentiary representative)[5]

 9 May 19415 November 1941
Maxim Litvinov10 November 19418 December 194122 August 1943
Andrei Gromyko22 August 19434 October 194311 April 1946
Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov11 April 19463 June 194625 October 1947
Alexander Panyushkin25 October 194731 December 194712 June 1952
Georgy Zarubin14 June 195225 September 19527 January 1958
Mikhail A. Menshikov7 January 195811 February 19584 January 1962
Anatoly Dobrynin4 January 196230 March 196219 May 1986
Yuri Dubinin19 May 198615 May 1990
Alexander Bessmertnykh15 May 199015 January 1991
Viktor Komplektov15 March 199126 December 1991

Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the United States
Name Photo Appointed Appointer Credentials presented Until
Viktor Komplektov1991 Boris Yeltsin1992
Vladimir Lukin24 January 1992 Boris Yeltsin8 February 1994
Yuli Vorontsov23 July 1994 Boris Yeltsin16 December 1998
Yuri Ushakov1999 Boris Yeltsin22 January 199931 May 2008
Sergey Kislyak26 July 2008[6] Dmitry Medvedev16 September 2008[7]22 July 2017
Anatoly Antonov1 September 2017[8] Vladimir Putin9 September 2017[9]

References
  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. "Russian Consulates in the U.S." Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "Diplomatic List: Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials". Department of State. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  8. Новый посол России в США Анатолий Антонов заступит на пост 1 сентября
  9. Посол России в США Антонов вручил Трампу верительные грамоты
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