List of ambassadors of Russia to the Czech Republic

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Czech Republic
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Aleksandr Zmeyevsky  [ ru ] since 19 February 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Prague
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Prague
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Formation	1993
First holder	Aleksandr Lebedev  [ ru ]
Website	Embassy of Russia in the Czech Republic

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

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Prague. ^[1] There are consulates general in Brno and Karlovy Vary, and an honorary consul based in Ostrava. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The post of Russian Ambassador to the Czech Republic is currently held by Aleksandr Zmeyevsky  [ ru ], incumbent since 19 February 2016. ^[5]

History of diplomatic relations

Main articles: Czech Republic–Russia relations and List of ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Czechoslovakia

Diplomatic exchanges between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia began with the formal establishment of relations on 5 June 1922. ^[6] Relations were maintained throughout the twentieth century, with a brief break after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, until the reestablishment of relations in 1941. With the repudiation of communism, the country officially became the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic in 1990. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, a new ambassador, Aleksandr Lebedev  [ ru ], was appointed as representative of the Russian Federation. ^[7] He continued as ambassador until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and its separation into the states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Lebedev continued to as representative to the Czech Republic until 1996, while a new ambassador, Sergey Yastrzhembsky, was appointed Russian ambassador to Slovakia in June 1993. ^[7]

Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Czech Republic (1993 – present)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Aleksandr Lebedev  [ ru ]	Ambassador	1 January 1993	4 November 1996
Nikolai Ryabov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	12 November 1996	9 September 2000
Igor Savolsky  [ ru ]	Ambassador	27 November 2000	11 March 2004
Aleksy Fedotov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	11 March 2004	30 August 2010
Sergey Kislyov  [ ru ]	Ambassador	30 August 2010	19 February 2016
Aleksandr Zmeyevsky  [ ru ]	Ambassador	19 February 2016

References

1. "Посольство Российской Федерации в Чешской Республике" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 16 October 2019.
2. "Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Брно (Чешская Республика)" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 16 October 2019.
3. "Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Карловых Варах" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 16 October 2019.
4. "Honorární konzulát Ruské federace v Ostravě" (in Czech). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 16 October 2019.
5. "Краткая биография" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 29 September 2019.
6. "00623" Полномочное представительство РСФСР - СССР в Чехословакии (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
7. Миссия - Посольство СССР в Чехословакии (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.