List of ambassadors of Russia and the Soviet Union to Afghanistan

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Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
د روسیې د فدرالي جمهوریت سفیر د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت ته
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Incumbent
Dmitry Zhirnov

since 29 April 2020
Style His Excellency
Seat Kabul
AppointerThe President of Russia
Formation7 April 1919
First holder Yakov Surits  [ ru ]
as Plenipotentiary Representative
Website Embassy of Russia in Kabul

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

Contents

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Kabul. [1] The post of Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan is currently held by Dmitry Zhirnov, incumbent since 29 April 2020. [2]

History of diplomatic relations

The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic provided unofficial assistance to the Emirate of Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War, helping the country to achieve full independence from British influence. The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was also the first country to recognize and established diplomatic relations with Afghanistan in 1919. Yakov Surits  [ ru ], a former diplomatic representative to Denmark, was appointed plenipotentiary to Afghanistan. On 23 July 1923 relations established at the level of embassies.

From 1992 to 2002, during the years of Taliban rule, diplomatic relations were broken off and no ambassadors were appointed.

List of representatives (1919 – present)

Representatives of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Emirate of Afghanistan (1919 – 1922)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Yakov Surits  [ ru ]Plenipotentiary13 July 19191921
Fyodor Raskolnikov Plenipotentiary16 July 19211922

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Emirate of Afghanistan (1922 – 1926)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Fyodor Raskolnikov Plenipotentiary19226 February 1924
Leonid Stark Plenipotentiary22 April 19241926

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Kingdom of Afghanistan (1926 – 1973)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Leonid Stark Plenipotentiary192616 April 1936
Boris Skvirsky  [ ru ]Plenipotentiary16 April 19361 November 1937
Konstantin Mikhailov  [ ru ]Plenipotentiary (until 9 May 1941)
Ambassador (after 9 May 1941)
24 December 19371 September 1943
Ivan Bakulin  [ ru ] Ambassador 11 November 194323 June 1947
Ivan Samylovsky Ambassador 23 June 194727 May 1948
Ivan Ivanov  [ ru ] Ambassador 27 May 194811 July 1948
Artemy Fedorov  [ ru ] Ambassador 6 November 194810 July 1953
Mikhail Degtyar  [ ru ] Ambassador 10 July 19535 June 1960
Sergey Antonov  [ ru ] Ambassador 5 June 19608 October 1965
Konstantin Alexandrov  [ ru ] Ambassador 8 October 196511 November 1969
Sergey Kiktev  [ ru ] Ambassador 11 November 19693 October 1972
Alexander Puzanov Ambassador 3 October 19721973

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Afghanistan (1973 – 1978)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Alexander Puzanov Ambassador 19731978

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1978 – 1991)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Alexander Puzanov Ambassador 197810 November 1979
Fikryat Tabeyev  [ ru ] Ambassador 10 November 197913 August 1986
Pavel Mozhayev  [ ru ] Ambassador 13 August 198615 March 1988
Nikolai Yegorychev  [ ru ] Ambassador 15 March 198814 October 1988
Yuli Vorontsov Ambassador 14 October 198815 September 1989
Boris Pastukhov  [ ru ] Ambassador 15 September 198925 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (1991 – 1992)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Boris Pastukhov  [ ru ] Ambassador 25 December 199122 February 1992
Yevgeny Ostrovenko  [ ru ] Ambassador 24 January 199231 December 1992

Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2002 – present)

NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Mikhail Konarovsky  [ ru ] Ambassador 21 February 200217 February 2004
Zamir Kabulov Ambassador 17 February 200421 September 2009
Andrey Avetsyan  [ ru ] Ambassador 21 September 20091 September 2014
Aleksandr Mantytsky  [ ru ] Ambassador 18 November 201429 April 2020
Dmitry Zhirnov Ambassador 29 April 2020

References

  1. "Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) . Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  2. "Дмитрий Жирнов назначен новым послом России в Афганистане" (in Russian). TASS. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.