List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States

Ambassador of Russia to the United States
Ambassador of Russia to the United States
посол Российской Федерации в США
	Seal of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
	Incumbent; Anatoly Antonov; since 21 August 2017
	Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Russian ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.
Nominator	President of Russia
Appointer	The President of Russia
Term length	at the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holder	Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov; as Ambassador
Formation	17 August 1808
Succession	Charge d'affairs
Website	Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Russian ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States of America is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of the United States of America.

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] There are Consulates General in New York and in Houston.^[4] The post of Russian Ambassador to the United States is currently held by Anatoly Antonov, incumbent since 21 August 2017.^[2]

On 17 March 2021, Russia recalled Ambassador Antonov back to Moscow for consultations after U.S. President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin would "pay a price" for Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.^[5]

List of Ambassadors[]

Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the United States of America[]

Name	Date from	Date until
Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov	1808	1817
Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika	1817	24 April 1822
Vacant	24 April 1822	19 April 1823
Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken	19 April 1823	11 April 1826
Pavel Kridener	1827	1837
[de]	1837	1854
[de]	1854	1855
Eduard de Stoeckl	1855	1869
Konstantin Katakazi	1869	1872
Karl von Struve	1882	1892
Count Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini	1898	1905
Roman Rosen	1905	1911
George Bakhmetev	1911	1917

Ambassadors of the Russian Provisional Government to the United States of America[]

Name	Photo	Title	Date from	Date until
Boris Bakhmetev			1917	1922

Ambassadors of the Soviet Russia/Soviet Union to the United States of America[]

Name	Title	Date appointed	Date presented credentials	Date until	Notes
Maxim Litvinov		1918	1919
Ludwig Martens		1919	1921
[de]		1922	1933
Alexander Troyanovsky		20 November 1933	8 January 1934	1 October 1938
Konstantin Umansky	Plenipotentiary Representative Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	11 May 1939	6 June 1939	5 November 1941	From 11 May 1939 until 9 May 1941, Umansky was a Plenipotentiary Representative and from 9 May 1941 until the end of his diplomatic posting was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.^[6]
Maxim Litvinov	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	10 November 1941	8 December 1941	22 August 1943
Andrei Gromyko	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	22 August 1943	4 October 1943	11 April 1946
Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	11 April 1946	3 June 1946	25 October 1947
Alexander Panyushkin	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	25 October 1947	31 December 1947	12 June 1952
Georgy Zarubin	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	14 June 1952	25 September 1952	7 January 1958
[ru]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	7 January 1958	11 February 1958	4 January 1962
Anatoly Dobrynin	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	4 January 1962	30 March 1962	19 May 1986
Yuri Dubinin	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	19 May 1986		15 May 1990
Alexander Bessmertnykh	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	15 May 1990		15 January 1991
[ru]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	15 March 1991		26 December 1991
Source: Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991^[6]

Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the United States of America[]

Name	Title	Date from	Date presented credentials	Date until
[ru]	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1991	-	1992
Vladimir Lukin	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1992		1994
Yuli Vorontsov	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1994		1998
Yuri Ushakov	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1999		2008
Sergey Kislyak	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	26 July 2008^[7]	16 September 2008^[8]	22 July 2017
Anatoly Antonov	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	1 September 2017^[9]	9 September 2017^[10]

References[]

^ "Embassy of the Russian Federation in the USA". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ "Residence of the Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ "Russian Consulates in the U.S." Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.
^ Tétrault-Farber, Gabrielle (17 March 2021). "Russia recalls its U.S. ambassador for consultations after Biden comment on Putin". Reuters. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b Полномочное представительство - Посольство СССР в Соединённых Штатах Америки (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
^ "УКАЗ Президента РФ от 26.07.2008 N 1122" (in Russian). Presidential Press and Information Office. Archived from the original on 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
^ "Diplomatic List: Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials". Department of State. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
^ Новый посол России в США Анатолий Антонов заступит на пост 1 сентября
^ Посол России в США Антонов вручил Трампу верительные грамоты

External links[]

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[emb-1] "Embassy of the Russian Federation in the USA". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 November 2019.

[amb-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.

[rts-5] Tétrault-Farber, Gabrielle (17 March 2021). "Russia recalls its U.S. ambassador for consultations after Biden comment on Putin". Reuters. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[directory-6] Полномочное представительство - Посольство СССР в Соединённых Штатах Америки (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Retrieved 2009-08-01.

[ukaz1122-7] "УКАЗ Президента РФ от 26.07.2008 N 1122" (in Russian). Presidential Press and Information Office. Archived from the original on 2008-08-13. Retrieved 2008-10-16.

[8] "Diplomatic List: Order of Precedence and Date of Presentation of Credentials". Department of State. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-14.

[9] Новый посол России в США Анатолий Антонов заступит на пост 1 сентября

[10] Посол России в США Антонов вручил Трампу верительные грамоты

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Ambassador of Russia to the United States
посол Российской Федерации в США
Seal of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent Anatoly Antonov since 21 August 2017
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Russian ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.
Nominator	President of Russia
Appointer	The President of Russia
Term length	at the pleasure of the President
Inaugural holder	Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov as Ambassador
Formation	17 August 1808
Succession	Charge d'affairs
Website	Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C.