List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States

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Ambassador of Russia to the United States
посол Российской Федерации в США
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Incumbent
vacant
since 10 October 2024
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style His Excellency
Residence Russian ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.
Appointer President of Russia
Term length At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov
As ambassador of the Russian Empire
Formation17 August 1808
SuccessionCharge d'affairs
Website Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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Russian ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.

The Russian ambassador to the United States is the official representative of the president of the Russian Federation and the Russian government to the president of the United States and the United States government. The ambassador's official title is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States of America.

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The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Washington, D.C. [1] The ambassador to the United States is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the Organization of American States. [2] The ambassador's residence is located at 1125 16th Street Northwest. [3] Russia also maintains consulates general in New York and Houston. [4] Anatoly Antonov was the most recent ambassador, serving from 21 August 2017 until 10 October 2024. [2] [5]

List of Ambassadors

Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the United States

NamePhotoAppointedUntil
Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov
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18081817
Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika
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181724 April 1822
Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken
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19 April 182311 April 1826
Pavel Kridener 18271837
Alexander de Bodisco
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18371854
Alexander Medem  [ de ]18541855
Eduard de Stoeckl
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18551869
Konstantin Katakazi
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18691872
Karl von Struve
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18821892
Count Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini
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18981905
Roman Rosen
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19051911
George Bakhmetev
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19111917

Ambassadors of the Russian Provisional Government to the United States

NamePhotoAppointedUntil
Boris Bakhmetev
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19171917

Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the United States

NamePhotoAppointedCredentials presentedUntil
Maxim Litvinov
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19181919
Ludwig Martens
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19191921
Boris Skvirsky  [ de ]
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1922[ citation needed ]1933
Alexander Troyanovsky
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20 November 19338 January 19341 October 1938
Konstantin Umansky
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11 May 1939

(as plenipotentiary representative) [6]

9 May 19415 November 1941
Maxim Litvinov
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10 November 19418 December 194122 August 1943
Andrei Gromyko
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22 August 19434 October 194311 April 1946
Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov 11 April 19463 June 194625 October 1947
Alexander Panyushkin 25 October 194731 December 194712 June 1952
Georgy Zarubin
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14 June 195225 September 19527 January 1958
Mikhail A. Menshikov  [ ru ]7 January 195811 February 19584 January 1962
Anatoly Dobrynin
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4 January 196230 March 196219 May 1986
Yuri Dubinin
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19 May 198615 May 1990
Alexander Bessmertnykh
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15 May 199015 January 1991
Viktor Komplektov  [ ru ]15 March 199126 December 1991

Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the United States

NamePhotoAppointedAppointerCredentials presentedUntil
Viktor Komplektov  [ ru ]1991 Boris Yeltsin 1992
Vladimir Lukin
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24 January 1992 Boris Yeltsin 8 February 1994
Yuli Vorontsov 23 July 1994 Boris Yeltsin 16 December 1998
Yuri Ushakov
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1999 Boris Yeltsin 22 January 199931 May 2008
Sergey Kislyak
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26 July 2008 [7] Dmitry Medvedev 16 September 2008 [8] 22 July 2017
Anatoly Antonov
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1 September 2017 [9] Vladimir Putin 9 September 2017 [10] 10 October 2024 [5]

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  2. 1 2 "Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  3. "Residence of the Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  4. "Russian Consulates in the U.S." Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 7 November 2019.
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  10. Посол России в США Антонов вручил Трампу верительные грамоты