History of diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations existed between the Russian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire and previous incarnations, with ambassadors exchanged from the eighteenth century onwards. Both empires ceased to exist after the First World War. Russia underwent the February and then the October Revolution in 1917, bringing the Bolsheviks to power and leading to the creation of the Soviet Union. The dissolution of Austria-Hungary created two separate countries, with Hungary passing through the brief states of the First Hungarian Republic, the Hungarian Soviet Republic, the Hungarian Republic, and by 1920, the Kingdom of Hungary. Diplomatic relations were restored on 5 September 1924, with Yakov Davydov appointed as diplomatic representative, but the treaty to exchange representatives was ultimately not ratified by Hungary. [4] It was not until 4 February 1934 that an agreement was reached to establish diplomatic missions, and Adolf Petrovsky, the incumbent Soviet ambassador to Austria, was given dual accreditation to Hungary. [4] The first ambassador solely accredited to Hungary was Alexander Bekzadyan, appointed on 17 November 1934. [4]
Representation continued until 1939, when the increasing influence and closeness of Hungary with Nazi Germany caused the closing of the missions on 2 February 1939. Representation was through third countries until the missions reopened on 25 October 1939. On 22 June 1941, Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union began. Hungary was part of the Axis powers, and broke off relations with the Soviet Union on 23 June. [4] Relations remained suspended throughout the rest of the war. With the defeat of the Axis powers, and the Soviet occupation of Hungary, diplomatic relations were restored on 25 September 1945. Relations were initially through envoys, but were upgraded to the level of embassies on 2 March 1948. [5] Representation continued during the Cold War, during which time the Hungarian People's Republic was formed, and became part of the Warsaw Pact. The communist government came to an end in 1989, with the disintegration of the Eastern bloc, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred in 1991. Hungary recognised Russia as the Soviet Union's successor state, and the incumbent Soviet ambassador, Ivan Aboimov, continued as representative of Russia until 1996. [5]
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