Consulate General of Russia, Houston
Diplomatic mission
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The Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Houston (Russian: Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Хьюстоне) (General'noe konsul'stvo Rossiyskoy Federatsii v Kh'yustone) is Russia's diplomatic office in Houston, Texas, United States. It is located in Suite 1300 at Park Towers South.
Suite 1300
Houston, TX 77027
| Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Houston Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Хьюстоне | |
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| Location | Houston |
| Address | 1333 West Loop South Suite 1300 Houston, TX 77027 |
| Coordinates | 29.7550°N 95.4547°W |
| Opened | August 4, 2004 |
| Consul General | Aleksei G. Markov[1] |
| Website | rusconhouston.mid.ru |
The facility serves Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.[2] The consulate assists with the processing of passports, visas, and other officials docs.[3]
History
In October 2001 the U.S. and Russia formally agreed to establish a Houston consulate.[4] The Russian government approved the establishment on February 12, 2003.[4] On May 9 of that year the United States Department of State confirmed the appointment of Houston's first Russian consul General Nikolay V. Sofinskiy.[4] The facility opened on August 4, 2004.[5]
Russia opened a consulate in Houston due to its proximity to the aerospace and petroleum industries.[6] In a 2004 Houston Chronicle article Nikolai V. Sofinskiy stated that the Houston area had around 40,000 Russian speakers and that Houston's consulate could easily serve the southeastern United States.[6][7]
Consuls General of Russia in Houston
| Name | Date |
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| Nikolay Vsevolodovich Sofinskiy (born 10 February 1958)[8] | 2003—2008 |
| Nikolay Yevgenyevich Babich (born 22 December 1948)[9] | 2008—2011 |
| Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (born 18 February 1960)[10] | 2011—2017 |
| Alexander Borisovich Pisarev (born 16 May 1956)[11] | 2017—2020 |
| Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (2nd term) | 2020—September 2023 |
| Aleksei G. Markov (born 1980)[1] | 2025—Present |
Gallery
Arms of the Russian Federation displayed in the consulate
Entrance to the consulate
