List of ambassadors of Russia to Poland

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Republic of Poland is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Poland.

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Poland
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent
Sergey Andreyev [ru]
since 26 August 2014
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Warsaw
StyleHis Excellency
Reports toMinister of Foreign Affairs
SeatWarsaw
AppointerPresident of Russia
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
WebsiteRussian Embassy in Poland

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Warsaw.[1] There are consulates general in Gdańsk, Kraków, and Poznań.[2][3][4] The post of Russian Ambassador to Poland is currently held by Sergey Andreyev [ru], incumbent since 26 August 2014.[5]

History of diplomatic relations

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Poland and Russia have exchanged diplomatic missions for centuries. The first ambassador in the modern meaning of this word, from Poland to Russia, was Antoni Augustyn Deboli, in the late 18th century. After the period of partitions of Poland, in 1918, relations were established between the Second Polish Republic and Soviet Union. After Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 those relations were broken, to be briefly reestablished in 1941 after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, when the Soviet Union and Polish government in exile agreed to cooperate against their common enemy, Nazi Germany. Those relations were broken in 1943 after discovery of the Katyn massacre. In 1989 the communist government of the Polish People's Republic was replaced with a democratic form that continues to the present; after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Poland recognised the Russian Federation.

List of representatives (1508 – present)

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Representatives of the Tsardom of Russia to the Kingdom of Poland (1508)

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NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Ivan Chelyadin [ru]Envoy15081508

Representatives of the Tsardom of Russia to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1584–1721)

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NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Mikhail Beznin-Nashchokin [ru]Envoy15841598
Ivan Bezobrazov [ru]Envoy15981606
Afanasy Pronchishchev [ru]Envoy16401648
Johann PatkulEnvoy17031703
Grigory Dolgorukov [ru]Envoy17011706
Vasily DolgorukovEnvoy17061707
Grigory Dolgorukov [ru]Envoy17091712
Aleksey Dashkov [ru]Resident17121718
Semyon Naryshkin [ru]Envoy17141714
Grigory Dolgorukov [ru]Ambassador17151721

Representatives of the Russian Empire to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1721–1795)

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NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Sergey Dolgorukov [ru]Envoy17211725
Vasily DolgorukovEnvoy17251726
Mikhail Bestuzhev-RyuminEnvoy17261731
Sergey Dolgorukov [ru]Envoy17281729
Friedrich Casimir von Loewenwolde [ru]Ambassador17301733
Hermann Karl von KeyserlingAmbassador17331744
Mikhail Bestuzhev-RyuminAmbassador17441748
Hermann Karl von KeyserlingAmbassador17491752
Genrikh Gross [ru]Ambassador17521758
Mikhail VolkonskyAmbassador17571758
Fyodor Voeykov [ru]Ambassador17581762
Hermann Karl von KeyserlingAmbassador17631764
Nikolai RepninAmbassador17641768
Mikhail VolkonskyAmbassador17691771
Kasper von Saldern [ru]Ambassador17711772
Otto Magnus von StackelbergAmbassador17721790
Yakov BulgakovAmbassador17901792
Jacob von SieversAmbassador17931793
Iosif IgelströmAmbassador17931794
Ivan Ash [ru]Ambassador17941795

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Poland (1921–1943)

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NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Lev KarakhanDiplomatic Representative30 May 19219 October 1922
Leonid Obolensky [ru]Diplomatic Representative16 October 192216 October 1924
Pyotr VoykovDiplomatic Representative16 October 19247 June 1927
Aleksandr UlyanovChargé d'affaires7 June 19271927
Dmitry Bogomolov [ru]Diplomatic Representative17 September 19271 December 1929
Yuriy KotsiubynskyChargé d'affaires1 December 192930 January 1930
Vladimir Antonov-OvseyenkoDiplomatic Representative3 January 19305 April 1934
Yakov DavydovDiplomatic Representative5 April 193426 October 1937
Pavel Listopad [pl]Chargé d'affaires19371939
Nikolai SharonovDiplomatic Representative1 June 193925 October 1939
Invasion of Poland – Diplomatic relations interrupted (1939–1941)
Aleksandr BogomolovAmbassador21 August 194125 April 1943Representative to the Polish government-in-exile in London
Relations deteriorate over investigation of Soviet repressions of Polish citizens and Katyn massacre – Diplomatic relations interrupted (1943–1945)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Polish People's Republic (1945–1989)

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NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Viktor Lebedev [ru]Ambassador6 June 19452 March 1951
Arkady SobolevAmbassador2 March 195121 June 1953
Georgy Popov [ru]Ambassador21 June 195327 March 1954
Nikolai MikhailovAmbassador27 March 19547 May 1955
Panteleimon PonomarenkoAmbassador7 May 19553 October 1957
Peter AbrassimovAmbassador3 October 195714 February 1961
Averky AristovAmbassador14 February 196110 March 1971
Stanislav Pilotovich [ru]Ambassador10 March 197117 May 1978
Boris AristovAmbassador17 May 197811 July 1983
Aleksandr AksyonovAmbassador11 July 19833 January 1986
Vladimir BrovikovAmbassador3 January 1986December 1989

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Poland (1989–1991)

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NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Vladimir BrovikovAmbassadorDecember 19898 May 1990
Yury Kashlev [ru]Ambassador8 May 199025 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Poland (1991–present)

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NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotes
Yury Kashlev [ru]Ambassador25 December 19912 November 1996
Leonid DrachevskyAmbassador2 November 199616 November 1998
Sergey Razov [ru]Ambassador13 April 199923 February 2002
Nikolay AfanasevskyAmbassador23 February 200223 June 2005
Vladimir GrininAmbassador21 April 200621 June 2010
Aleksandr Alekseyev [ru]Ambassador21 June 201026 August 2014
Sergey Andreyev [ru]Ambassador26 August 2014

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Посольство России в Польше" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Генеральное Консульство Российский Федерации в Гданьске" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Генеральное Консульство Российский Федерации в Кракове" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Генеральное Консульство Российский Федерации в Познане" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Посол Российской Федерации в Республике Польша Андреев Сергей Вадимович" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 27 October 2019.