History of diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations between the forerunners of the modern states of Montenegro and Russia date back to the early nineteenth century. The Russian Empire supported the Prince-Bishopric of Montenegro against French incursions during the Napoleonic Wars, with Marko Ivelich and Stepan Sankovsky acting as diplomatic agents in the early 1800s. [3] [4] Aleksandr Vlangali [ ru ] served as head of a special mission to Montenegro between 1858 and 1859, following the establishment of the Principality of Montenegro, and during its campaigns against Ottoman forces. [3] [4] Long-term exchange of diplomats was only finalised in 1878, when Russia opened a diplomatic mission in the-then capital of Cetinje. Aleksandr Ionin [ ru ] was appointed the first resident minister on 12 August 1878. [3] [4]
Diplomatic exchanges continued throughout the nineteenth century and into the twentieth, but were broken off after the October Revolution in 1917 brought the Bolshevik regime to power. Over the next few decades the Soviet Union was established, incorporating Russia, while Montenegro became part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The Soviet Union established relations with Yugoslavia and appointed ambassadors to it from 1940 onwards. The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred in 1991, while the then Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1992. The Republic of Montenegro remained one of the two surviving entities of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, along with the Republic of Serbia, being known as the state of Serbia and Montenegro from 2003. In 2006 Montenegro voted for independence, and became the independent state of Montenegro. The incumbent ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro, Aleksandr Alekseyev [ ru ], continued as ambassador to Serbia, while a new ambassador, Yakov Gerasimov [ ru ], was appointed ambassador to Montenegro in 2007. [5]
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