List of ambassadors of Russia to South Korea

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Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea
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Incumbent
Georgy Zinoviev
since 7 December 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Seoul
Style His Excellency
Reports to Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat Seoul
Appointer President of Russia
Term length At the pleasure of the President
Website Russian Embassy in South Korea

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of South Korea.

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The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Seoul. [1] There is a consulate general in Busan. [2] The post of Russian Ambassador to South Korea is currently held by Georgy Zinoviev, incumbent 7 December 2023. [3]

History of diplomatic relations

The Russian Empire established relations with the Joseon Dynasty in 1884. [4] However Korea was deprived of its right to conduct independent foreign policy by the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905, while the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (the eventual successor to the Russian Empire) did not formally recognise the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in exile.[ citation needed ] In 1948, three years after the end of Japanese rule in Korea, the USSR recognised only one government on the Korean peninsula —the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly North Korea. [5] In September 1990, towards the end of its existence, the USSR established relations with the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea). [6]

List of heads of mission

Ministers of the Russian Empire to the Joseon Dynasty

Ministers of the Russian Empire to the Korean Empire

Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Korea

NameAppointmentTerminationNotes
Oleg Sokolov  [ ru ]30 October 199025 December 1991 [6]

Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea

NameAppointmentTerminationNotes
Oleg Sokolov  [ ru ]25 December 199117 February 1992 [8]
Aleksandr Panov 17 February 19921 November 1993 [8] [9]
Georgy Kunadze  [ ru ]1 November 199313 June 1997
Yevgeny Afanasyev  [ ru ]13 June 199725 December 2000
Teymuraz Ramishvili 25 December 20004 April 2005 [10]
Gleb Ivashentsov 4 April 200517 July 2009
Konstantin Vnukov  [ ru ]17 July 200926 December 2014 [11]
Aleksandr Timonin  [ ru ]26 December 201418 July 2018
Andrey Kulik  [ ru ]18 July 20187 December 2023
Georgy Zinoviev 7 December 2023

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "The Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Busan, Republic of Korea". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament, p. 32. , p. 32, at Google Books; excerpt, "Treaty and Diplomatic Relations Between Korea and Russia. Treaty of Amity and Commerce dated June 24, 1884"; Kim, Chun-gil. (2005). The History of Korea, p. 107. , p. 107, at Google Books
  5. ↑ "Unfriendly act laid to Russia by Korea", The New York Times, 1948-10-15, retrieved 2011-04-28
  6. 1 2 Charles E. Ziegler. Foreign policy and East Asia: learning and adaption in the Gorbachev era , p. 123, at Google Books
  7. ↑ Warner, Denis Ashton. (2002). The Tide at Sunrise, p. 214. , p. 214, at Google Books
  8. 1 2 Seung-Ho Joo and Tae-Hwan Kwak. (2001). Korea in the 21st Century, p. 198 n8. , p. 198, at Google Books
  9. ↑ Europa Publications. (2004). The International Who's Who 2004 , p. 1282, at Google Books
  10. ↑ Europa World Year Book 2004, p. 2512. , p. 2512, at Google Books
  11. ↑ Kim Se-jeong. "On Victory Day, Russia thinks about future relations with Korea," Korea Times. May 5, 2010.

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