List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States
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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.
| Ambassador of Russia to the United States | |
|---|---|
| посол Российской Федерации в США | |
 Seal of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
since 6 March 2025 | |
| 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 |
| Formation | 17 August 1808 |
| Succession | Charge d'affairs |
| Website | Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C. |
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. Alexander Darchiev is the current ambassador, serving since 6 March 2025.
List of Ambassadors
Russian Empire
| Name | Photo | Residence | Appointed | Arrived | Exequatur | Until | Prior position[5] | Later position[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov (as consul general and chargé d'affaires) |  | Philadelphia | June 20, 1808 | July 1, 1809-07-01 | July 15, 1809 | August 17, 1811 | None | None |
| Friedrich von der Pahlen (minister) | Washington, Philadelphia | April 13, 1809 | June 26, 1810 (entered duty) | July 23, 1811 | None | Minister to Portugal-Brazil | ||
| Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov (as minister) | | Washington | July 28, 1811 | November 1811 (entered duty) | March 1819[a] | None | None | |
| Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika |  | 1817 | April 24, 1822 | None | Foreign Ministry adviser | |||
| Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken | .jpg) | April 19, 1823 | April 11, 1826 | Minister to Portugal-Brazil | None | |||
| Pavel Kridener |  | 1827 | 1837 | None | Minister to Switzerland | |||
| Alexander de Bodisco | ._1840.jpg) | 1837 | 1854 | Consul General in Stockholm | None | |||
| Alexander Medem | 1854 | 1855 | ||||||
| Eduard de Stoeckl |  | 1855 | 1869 | Secretary of the U.S. Legation | None | |||
| Konstantin Katakazi |  | 1869 | 1872 | Foreign Ministry | None | |||
| Heinrich von Offenberg | 1872 | 1875 | Minister to Romania | None | ||||
| Nicolai Pavlovich Shishkin |  | 1875 | 1880 | Minister to Serbia | Minister to Greece | |||
| Mikhail von Bartholomäi | 1880 | 1882 | Minister to Greece | Minister to Japan | ||||
| Karl von Struve |  | 1882 | 1892 | Minister to Japan | Ambassador to the Netherlands | |||
| Grigory Kantakuzen | 1892 | 1895 | None | Minister to Wuerttemburg | ||||
| Ernst Paul von Kotzebue | 1895 | 1897 | Minister to Wuerttemburg | None | ||||
| Count Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini |  | 1898 | 1905 | Minister to China | Ambassador to Spain | |||
| Roman Rosen |  | 1905 | 1911 | Minister to Japan | State Council | |||
| George Bakhmetev |  | 1911 | 1917 | Minister to Japan | None |
Russian Provisional Government
| Name | Photo | Appointed | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boris Bakhmetev |  | 1917 | 1917 |
Soviet Union
| Name | Photo | Residence | Appointed | Credentials presented | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxim Litvinov |  | 1918 | 1919 | ||
| Ludwig Martens |  | 1919 | 1921 | ||
| Boris Skvirsky | .jpg) | 1922[citation needed] | 1933 | ||
| Alexander Troyanovsky | .jpg) | November 20, 1933 | January 8, 1934 | October 1, 1938 | |
| Konstantin Umansky | .jpg) | May 11, 1939
(as plenipotentiary representative)[7] |
May 9, 1941 | November 5, 1941 | |
| Maxim Litvinov |  | November 10, 1941 | December 8, 1941 | August 22, 1943 | |
| Andrei Gromyko |  | August 22, 1943 | October 4, 1943 | April 11, 1946 | |
| Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov |  | April 11, 1946 | June 3, 1946 | October 25, 1947 | |
| Alexander Panyushkin |  | October 25, 1947 | December 31, 1947 | 1952 June 12, 1952 | |
| Georgy Zarubin |  | June 14, 1952 | September 25, 1952 | 1958 January 7, 1958 | |
| Mikhail A. Menshikov | January 7, 1958 | February 11, 1958 | January 4, 1962 | ||
| Anatoly Dobrynin |  | January 4, 1962 | March 30, 1962 | May 19, 1986 | |
| Yuri Dubinin |  | May 19, 1986 | May 15, 1990 | ||
| Alexander Bessmertnykh |  | May 15, 1990 | January 15, 1991 | ||
| Viktor Komplektov | March 15, 1991 | December 26, 1991 |
Russian Federation
| Name | Photo | Appointed | Appointer | Credentials presented | Until |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Komplektov | 1991 | Boris Yeltsin | 1992 | ||
| Vladimir Lukin |  | January 24, 1992 | Boris Yeltsin | February 8, 1994 | |
| Yuli Vorontsov | .jpg) | July 23, 1994 | Boris Yeltsin | December 16, 1998 | |
| Yuri Ushakov |  | 1999 | Boris Yeltsin | January 22, 1999 | May 31, 2008 |
| Sergey Kislyak |  | July 26, 2008[8] | Dmitry Medvedev | September 16, 2008[9] | July 22, 2017 |
| Anatoly Antonov | .jpg) | September 1, 2017[10] | Vladimir Putin | September 9, 2017[11] | October 10, 2024[12] |
| Alexander Darchiev | .jpg) | March 6, 2025[13] | Vladimir Putin | Present |
See also
- Embassy of Russia, Washington, D.C.
- List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia
- Russia–United States relations
- Soviet Union–United States relations
- Russian Empire–United States relations
- List of diplomatic missions of Russia
- Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations
- Permanent Mission of Russia to the United Nations
