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The Russian Empire and the United States both had an embassy and consulates in each others nations during their diplomatic relations. A few months after the Russian Empire fell during the February Revolution in 1917, the United States government began to pay the consuls' expenses at all seven locations because of the importance they were playing in assisting the large number of Russian emigrants coming to North America. [1] On November 16, 1933, some of the consulates were closed after the signing of the Roosevelt-Litvinov agreement where the United States recognized the Soviet Union and diplomatic relations between the two countries began. [2]
Russian posts in the US were in Chicago, Honolulu, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C. [3] US posts in Russia were in Batum (1890–), Helsingfors (1850–), Moscow (1861–), Odesa (1866–), Saint Petersburg (1865–), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (1867–1873), Reval (1867–1870, 1910–), Riga (1824–1872, 1895–), Vladivostok and Warsaw (1875–). [4] [5]
The Russian Empire Embassy was located in Washington, D.C. in Mrs. George Pullman House, while the United States Embassy was located in Saint Petersburg.
The consulate located in Chicago, Illinois was responsible for assisting Russian subjects and affairs in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. [1] The first consul was Paul von Thal, [6] followed by Aron Albert von Schlippenbach from 9 September 1895 to May 1908, [7] followed by Baron Ernest de Shilling from 1909 to 1912, followed by Victor Chihckine from 1912-1914, and finally Antoine Volkoff who served as consul general from 1914 until November 16, 1933, which is when the Roosevelt-Litvinov agreement was signed where the United States recognized the Soviet Union and diplomatic relations between the two countries began. [1] [2] [8] [9] The Czar's picture had already been removed in 1928. [10]
The consulate located in Honolulu, Hawaii was responsible for assisting Russian subjects and affairs in Hawaii, and was under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Consulate. [1] Imperial Russian Vice Consul in Honolulu were J.C. Pflueger from 1862-1872, J.W. Pflueger from 1872-1886, J.F. Hackfeld from 1886-1900, I.A. Isenberg from 1900-1904, and F.A. Klamp from 1904-1907. [1] Consular officials continued to operate in Honolulu even after the October Revolution. [11]
Many Russian emigrants that came to the United States between 1903-1926 came thru New York, making the New York consulate an important part of the Russian Empire's diplomatic mission. [1] [12] At one point the consulate was located in the The Flatiron Building. [13]
The consulate located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was responsible for assisting Russian subjects and affairs in Pennsylvania, and was under the jurisdiction of the New York Consulate until 1915 when responsibility was assumed by the consul general in Pittsburgh. [1] In 1816, the consul general Kosloff was arrested and was released later that year in November. [14] In 1895, Imperial Russian Vice Consul William H. Tucker, an American citizen and prominent member of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, was appointed and in 1912 he was named full consul. [1] Consular officials continued to operate in Philadelphia even after the October Revolution. [15]
The consulate located in Portland, Oregon was responsible for assisting Russian subjects and affairs in Oregon, and was under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Consulate. [1] It was headed by Imperial Russian Vice Consul Gustav Wilson, a Finnish-born American citizen who was appointed in 1883 and served until 1901. [1] The Portland consulate was closed after Wilson's resignation in 1901, and records were moved to the San Francisco Consulate. [1] Consular officials continued to operate in Portland even after the October Revolution. [16]
On February 14, 1852, due to increased activity of the Russian-American Company in California, the government of the Russian Empire appointed entrepreneur William Montgomery Stuart as its first consul in San Francisco. [17] The consulate in San Francisco, California was responsible for Russian subjects and affairs in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Hawaii and Alaska. [1]
The consulate in Seattle, Washington was responsible for assisting Russian subjects and affairs in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska, and was under the jurisdiction of the San Francisco Consulate. [1] It was closed on November 16, 1933, which is when the Roosevelt-Litvinov agreement was signed where the United States recognized the Soviet Union and diplomatic relations between the two countries began. [1] [2] [18]
The consulate in Batum operated from 1890. [19]
Name | Official residence | Appointment | Termination |
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James C. Chambers | New York | 1890 | 1904 |
William H. Stuart | England | 1904 | 1906 |
Frederick Cauldwell | Pennsylvania | 1907 | 1911 |
Leslie Davis | 1911 | 1913 | |
F. Willoughby Smith | Odessa | 1913 | 1914 |
The consulate in Helsingfors operated from 1890. [21]
Name | Official residence | Appointment | Termination |
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Reynold Frenckell | Helsingfors | 1850 | 1878 |
Herman Donner | Helsingfors | 1879 | 1897 |
Victor Elk | Helsingfors | 1898 | 1914 |
The consulate in Odesa operated from 1830 to 1918. [23]
The consulate in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky was headed by a commercial agent from 1867 to 1873. [24]
Name | Official residence | Appointment | Termination |
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Henry W. Hiller | Massachusetts | 1867 | 1868 |
O. S. Smith | 1869 | 1870 | |
H. G. O. Chase | Massachusetts | 1871 | 1872 |
Enoch Emery | Massachusetts | 1873 | 1873 |
Henry W. Hiller | Massachusetts | 1873 | 1873 |
The Consulate in Reval operated from 1867. [26]
The consulate in Riga operated from 1924 to 1872 and from 1890 on. [27]
Name | Official residence | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
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Alexander Schwartz | Riga | 1824 (!) | 1872 | |
Nils Peter Bornholdt | Riga | 1890 | 1906 | |
Herman Schoenfeld | New York | 1895 | 1895 | |
Charles Schulin | Riga | 1900 | 1906 | interim |
Alexander Heingarten | Riga | 1906 | 1910 | |
Hernando de Soto | Warsaw | 1910 | 1910 | |
William F. Doty | Saint Petersburg | 1910 | 1913 | |
Douglas Jenkins | 1913 | 1914 | ||
The consulate provided assistance to Russian and American citizens in Northwestern Russia. It was active from 1865. [29]
The consulate in Vladivostok was opened in 1875, later headed by a commercial agent, [30] but it was subsequently closed after the Soviet Revolution in 1923. [31] The consulate provided assistance to Russian and American citizens in the Far East and in Eastern Siberia.
The Consulate in Warsaw operated from 1875 on. [32]