Embassy of Russia, Beijing

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Embassy of Russia, Beijing (China)
Location Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Address4 Beizhong Street, Dongzhimen, Beixinqiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing
Coordinates 39°56′40″N116°25′22″E / 39.94444°N 116.42278°E / 39.94444; 116.42278
Ambassador Igor Morgulov

The Embassy of Russia in Beijing is the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China. [1] It is also the successor to the Soviet Embassy in Beijing. [2]

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History

In 1861, the first permanent Russian diplomatic mission was established in Beijing. [3] The mission was located in Dongcheng District today, [1] and was one of the largest embassies in the world. [2] It was also only one of two embassies that is not located in Beijing's Embassy District, with the other being the embassy of Luxembourg.

In August 1966 the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the first of several notes to the Chinese embassy in Moscow protesting aggressive Chinese behavior near the Soviet embassy in Beijing. On 25 January 1967, the Chinese visiting the Lenin Mausoleum on Moscow Red Square jumped over a barrier and began chanting Mao quotes. Then one Chinese allegedly hit a Soviet woman, and a scuffle took place. After this incident new outrages against the Soviet embassy in Beijing began, sometimes described as a siege. The threat of physical danger caused the Soviets to evacuate women and children from their embassy in Beijing in February 1967. Even as the women and children were boarding the plane, they were harassed by hostile Red Guards. [4] [5]

Besides the main embassy in Beijing, Russia also has five other consulates in China, located in Hong Kong, Shenyang, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Harbin.

The current ambassador is Igor Morgulov, and has been appointed at his post since September 2022.

List of Russian diplomatic missions in China

Controversy

On July 2, 2020, the Russian Embassy posted a post on Weibo commemorating the 160th anniversary of the founding of Vladivostok, and specified the meaning of the city name as "conquering the East". The city was part of the territory ceded to Western nations by the Qing dynasty's Convention of Peking, an unequal treaty, and enraged Chinese netizens. [11] The embassy deleted the post the next day, and reposted the commemoration without the detailing of name's origin. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 "俄罗斯联邦驻华大使馆". 中华人民共和国外交部. 2017-04-25. Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  2. 1 2 "俄罗斯驻华使馆的"小秘密"：在这里读懂中俄" (in Simplified Chinese). 大公网. 2014-12-03. Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  3. ↑ "大使馆历史". 俄罗斯联邦驻华大使馆. Archived from the original on 2017-11-23. Retrieved 2017-11-24.
  4. ↑ CHINA, THE FUN HOUSE MIRROR: SOVIET REACTIONS TO THE CHINESE CULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1966-1969
  5. ↑ Soviet-Chinese Relations, 1945-1970
  6. ↑ "俄罗斯联邦驻香港总领事馆 - 中国驻俄罗斯联邦大使馆". 俄罗斯旅游中文网. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  7. ↑ "俄罗斯联邦驻沈阳总领事馆". Archived from the original on 2022-02-09. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  8. ↑ "地址与联系方式". 俄罗斯联邦驻上海总领事馆. Archived from the original on 2022-01-04. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  9. ↑ "俄罗斯联邦驻广州总领事馆 - 中国驻俄罗斯联邦大使馆". 俄罗斯旅游中文网. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  10. ↑ "俄罗斯联邦驻哈尔滨总领事馆入驻富力中心！". 搜狐网. 2021-04-16. Archived from the original on 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  11. ↑ 深海龟 (2020-07-03). "俄罗斯驻华大使馆这条"庆祝"微博，有点不厚道……". 新民网. Archived from the original on 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  12. ↑ "俄使馆微博纪念海参崴建城华网民：侮辱挑衅". 明报. 2020-07-04. Archived from the original on 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
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