List of ambassadors of Germany to Russia
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| Ambassador of Germany to Russia | |
|---|---|
| Deutscher Botschafter in Russland | |
since 2023 | |
| Residence | Moscow |
Ambassadors
Ambassador of the German Empire to the Russian Empire (1871–1914)
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz |  |
1868 | 1876 | [citation needed] |
| Hans Lothar von Schweinitz |  |
1876 | 1891 | [1] |
| Bernhard von Werder | .jpg) |
1892 | 1895 | [2] |
| Hugo Fürst von Radolin |  |
1895 | 1901 | [3] |
| Friedrich Johann von Alvensleben |  |
1901 | 1905 | [4] |
| Wilhelm von Schoen | _(3_June_1851_–_24_April_1933).jpg) |
1905 | 1907 | [5] |
| Friedrich von Pourtalès |  |
1907 | 1914 | |
Interruption due to World War I. Both the German Empire and Russian Empire was dissolved soon after.
German Ambassadors to the Soviet Union (1918–1991)
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm von Mirbach |  |
1918 | 1918 | Assassinated in Moscow by Left Socialist-Revolutionaries.[6] |
| Vacant | 1918 | 1921 | ||
| Kurt Wiedenfeld | 1921 | 1922 | [7] | |
| Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau |  |
1922 | 1928 | [8] |
| Herbert von Dirksen |  |
1928 | 1933 | [9] |
| Rudolf Nadolny |  |
1933 | 1934 | [10] |
| Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg |  |
1934 | 1941 | [11] |
| Interruption in relations due to World War II and the Occupation of Germany. Ambassadors listed here until 1991 were from West Germany. | ||||
| Wilhelm Haas |  |
1956 | 1958 | First ambassador since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations.[12] |
| Hans Kroll |  |
1958 | 1962 | |
| Horst Groepper | 1962 | 1966 | [13] | |
| Gebhardt von Walther | 1966 | 1968 | [citation needed] | |
| Helmut Allardt | 1968 | 1972 | [14] | |
| Ulrich Sahm |  |
1972 | 1977 | [citation needed] |
| Hans-Georg Wieck | 1977 | 1980 | [15] | |
| Andreas Meyer-Landrut |  |
1980 | 1983 | [16] |
| Hansjörg Kastl | 1983 | 1987 | ||
| Andreas Meyer-Landrut | |
1987 | 1989 | [17] |
| Klaus Blech | 1989 | 1993 | [citation needed] | |
Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Russian Federation (1993–present)
| Name | Image | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto von der Gablentz |  |
1993 | 1995 | [citation needed] |
| Ernst-Jörg von Studnitz | .jpg) |
1995 | 2002 | [18] |
| Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz | .jpg) |
2002 | 2005 | [19] |
| Walter Jürgen Schmid |  |
2005 | 2010 | [citation needed] |
| Ulrich Brandenburg |  |
2010 | 2013 | [20] |
| Rüdiger Freiherr von Fritsch |  |
2014 | 2019 | [21] |
| Géza Andreas von Geyr |  |
2019 | 2023 | [22] |
| Alexander Graf Lambsdorff |  |
2023 | Present | [23] |