List of ambassadors of Russia to Brazil

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Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Federative Republic of Brazil
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Incumbent
 [ru]
since 28 January 2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
StyleHis Excellency
The Honourable
Reports toMinister of Foreign Affairs
SeatBrasília
AppointerPresident of Russia
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
WebsiteEmbassy of Russia in Brazil

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federative Republic of Brazil is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Brazil.[1][2][3][4]

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the in Brasília.[5] There are consulates general in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.[6][7] The post of Russian Ambassador to Brazil is currently held by  [ru], incumbent since 28 January 2021.[8] Since 1995 the ambassador to Brazil has been concurrently accredited to the Republic of Suriname.[8][9]

History of diplomatic relations[]

Main article: Brazil–Russia relations

Consular relations between Russia and what became the modern state of Brazil date back to the early nineteenth century. With the French invasion of Portugal in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars, the Portuguese Court was transferred to its colony in Brazil. The new capital of the Portuguese Empire was thereafter in Rio de Janeiro.[10] In early July 1811 Friedrich von der Pahlen was appointed envoy to the Portuguese court in Rio de Janeiro. On 30 July that year Xavier and Mikhail Labensky were appointed Consul General and Vice Consul respectively in Rio de Janeiro.[10] Rio de Janeiro ceased to be the capital of the Portuguese Empire in April 1821, with the return of the court to Portugal. The Russian mission moved to Portugal with the court, though consular relations were maintained between Russia and Brazil until November 1827.[10] One of the early consuls during this period was Grigori Langsdorf, who carried out expeditions to the interior of Brazil, gathering material on the flora and fauna, as well as conducting cartographic studies.[10]

Diplomatic relations between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Brazil were first established on 3 October 1828.[11]  [ru], the head of the Consular Affairs Expedition of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1809, had taken a particular interest in the initial establishment of the consulate in Brazil, was appointed the first envoy to Brazil.[10] They continued after the establishment of the First Brazilian Republic in 1889, but were broken off after the October Revolution in 1917 and the establishment of the Soviet Union.[11] Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the United States of Brazil were established briefly in 1945, but were broken off in 1947 after the establishment of the Fourth Brazilian Republic, governed by a military dictatorship.[11] Relations were restored in 1961. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Brazilian government was among the first to recognize the Russian Federation as the successor state of the USSR.[11] The Soviet ambassador,  [ru], continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1992.[2]

List of representatives (1828 – present)[]

Representatives of the Russian Empire to the Empire of Brazil (1828 – 1889)[]

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
 [ru] Envoy 3 October 1828 20 December 1831
Chargé d'affaires 20 December 1831 16 March 1835
Sergey Lomonosov Chargé d'affaires (16 March 1835 - 11 March 1841)
Resident Minister (11 March 1841 - 23 November 1843)
Envoy (23 November 1843 - 11 March 1848) 		16 March 1835 11 March 1848
Envoy 3 November 1848 9 February 1854
Chargé d'affaires 13 February 1854 13 April 1857
Dmitry Glinka Envoy 7 July 1856 3 April 1871
Envoy 3 April 1871 18 August 1881
 [ru] Envoy 2 July 1883 1889

Representatives of the Russian Empire to the Republic of Brazil (1889 – 1917)[]

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
 [ru] Envoy 1889 22 December 1892
Mikhail von Giers Envoy 11 May 1895 8 June 1898
Alexey Shpeyer Envoy 8 June 1898 1904
 [ru] Envoy December 1904 1909
Envoy 1910 1915
 [ru] Envoy 1916 26 October 1917

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Brazil (1946 – 1991)[]

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
 [ru] Envoy 13 May 1946 20 October 1947
 [ru] Ambassador 12 December 1961 21 October 1962
Andrey Fomin [ru] Ambassador 21 November 1962 30 September 1965
 [ru] Ambassador 30 September 1965 30 May 1974
 [ru] Ambassador 30 May 1974 24 March 1981
 [ru] Ambassador 2 September 1981 5 September 1986
 [ru] Ambassador 5 September 1986 26 August 1988
 [ru] Ambassador 8 September 1988 25 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Brazil (1991 – present)[]

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
 [ru] Ambassador 25 December 1991 3 September 1992
 [ru] Ambassador 3 December 1993 17 April 1998
 [ru] Ambassador 11 January 1999 15 July 2004
 [ru] Ambassador 15 July 2004 23 November 2009
 [ru] Ambassador 15 February 2010 28 January 2021
 [ru] Ambassador 28 January 2021

References[]

  1. ^ ПРЕДСТАВИТЕЛИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРИИ В ДРУГИХ СТРАНАХ (in Russian). Worldwide Historical Project. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  2. ^ a b Посольство СССР в Бразилии (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" Посольство СССР в Бразилии (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2009-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ ПОСЛЫ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ В СТРАНАХ АМЕРИКАНСКОГО РЕГИОНА (in Russian). Worldwide Historical Project. Archived from the original on 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  5. ^ "Посольство Российской Федерации в Федеративной Республике Бразилии" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Рио-Де-Жанейро" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Сан-Паулу" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Посол" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Российско-суринамские отношения" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d e "ИСТОРИЯ СОЗДАНИЯ РОССИЙСКОГО ГЕНКОНСУЛЬСТВА В РИО-ДЕ-ЖАНЕЙРО" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  11. ^ a b c d "История двусторонних отношений" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
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