List of ambassadors of Russia to France

RussiaDiplomatic relations between Russia and FranceFrance
Russian Empire Russian Empire
August 5, 1717 – Establishment of diplomatic relations
1733 – Diplomatic relations broken off, War of the Polish Succession begins
1738 – Restoration of diplomatic relations, War of the Polish Succession ends
1748 – Diplomatic relations broken off, Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends War of the Austrian Succession
1755 – Restoration of diplomatic relations
1756 - Diplomatic Revolution, alliance for Seven Years' War
1799–1800 – War of the Second Coalition
1800 – Restoration of diplomatic relations
August 28, 1804 – Diplomatic relations broken off, War of the Third Coalition
June 26, 1807 – Restoration of diplomatic relations, Treaty of Tilsit
1812 – Diplomatic relations severed, French invasion of Russia
May 18, 1814 – Restoration of diplomatic relations, Treaty of Paris (1815)
January 23, 1854 – Diplomatic relations severed, Crimean War
March 18, 1856 – Restoration of diplomatic relations, Treaty of Paris (1856)
August 21, 1891 – Franco-Russian Alliance
1904 – Triple Entente formed
Soviet Union Soviet Union
October 26, 1917 – October Revolution, diplomatic relations severed
October 28, 1924 – Diplomatic relations established
November 29, 1932 – Franco-Soviet Treaty of Mutual Assistance
June 30, 1941 – Diplomatic relations severed, Operation Barbarossa
October 23, 1944 – Restoration of diplomatic relations
Russian Federation Russia
February 7, 1992 – France recognizes the Russian Federation as successor to the USSR

Russian-French contacts began on August 9, 1717, when Hans Christoph Shleynits, the first Russian ambassador to France, was appointed by Tsar Peter I of Russia and presented his credentials to King Louis XV of France.[1] France responded by sending its first ambassador to Russia, Jacques de Campredon, in September 1721.[2] Since then, relations were fairly constant between the two countries, although they were severed and restored many times. Overall, relations between France and Russia have been very close, and French was even considered the unofficial second language of Russia in the 18th and 19th centuries.[3]

Relations between the two countries were severed in 1733 with the start of the War of the Polish Succession and resumed in 1738. Poor relations between the revolutionary government of France and the Russian Monarchy led to relations being severed in 1792. The Napoleonic Wars marked the start of new conflicts between Russia and France, and relations were not restored until the conclusion of the War of the Second Coalition between Russia and France in 1800. The War of the Third Coalition in 1805 led to the disruption of diplomatic relations once again, which were not restored until the signing of the Treaty of Paris on November 20, 1815. Russia and France conflicted over different views on the Revolutions of 1848 and the French support of revolutions in multinational countries. This led to the Crimean War on March 27, 1854, which ended with a Russian defeat on March 30, 1856.[4] Relations between the two countries improved after that, and remained uninterrupted until the October Revolution of 1917.[2]

French Prime Minister Édouard Herriot sent a telegram to Alexey Rykov, the President of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, on October 26, 1924, informing him of the French recognition of the establishment of the Soviet Union. When Germany declared war on the Soviet Union on June 30, 1941, the Vichy France government broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, but never officially entered a state of war. Relations were reestablished on October 23, 1944, with the Soviet recognition of the new Provisional Government of the French Republic. Since then, relations between the new nations remained unbroken, although they were strained at times during the Cold War.[2][5]

After the breakup of the Soviet Union, relations between France and the new Russian Federation were warm, and France recognized Russia as the successor of the USSR on February 7, 1992. The current Russian ambassador to France is Alexander Konstantinovich Orlov.[2][6]

Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the Kingdom of France

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Grigory Ivanovich VolkovCharge D'AffairesJuly 1, 1711October 1712
Ivan Isaevich LefortCharge D'Affaires17161717
Hans Christoph ShleynitsEnvoyAugust 9, 17171720
Vasily Lukich DolgorukoffEnvoySeptember 25, 1720March 16, 1722
Alexander KurakinAmbassadorMay 4, 17221724
Boris KurakinAmbassador1724October 17, 1727
Alexander KurakinAmbassadorOctober 17, 1727July 11, 1728
Alexander Gavrilovich GolovkinEnvoy17291731
Sergei Khristoforovich MinichCharge D'AffairesJuly 17311733
Antiokh KantemirEnvoyApril 18, 1738December 11, 1738
Antiokh KantemirAmbassadorDecember 11, 1738September 24, 1742
Antiokh KantemirEnvoySeptember 24, 1742March 31, 1744
Alexei GrossChargé d'AffairesMarch 31, 17441745
Alexei GrossEnvoy1745June 1748
Fedor BehteevCharge D'Affaires1756July 11, 1757
Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-RuminAmbassadorAugust 10, 1756February 26, 1760
Peter ChernyshevAmbassadorJuly 4, 1760July 26, 1762
Sergei Vasilievich SaltykovAmbassador1762August 1763
Dmitry GolitsynAmbassador17621768
Nikolai Konstantinovich KhotynChargé d'Affaires17671774
Ivan BaryatinskiyAmbassadorAugust 17731785
Ivan Matveevich SimolinAmbassadorMarch 14, 1784September 19, 1799
Source: Diplomats of the Russian Empire- France[4]

Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the First French Empire

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Stepan Alexeevich KolychevAmbassador1800July 1, 1801
Arkady Ivanovich MorkovAmbassadorJuly 1, 1801October 26, 1803
Peter Yakovlevich UbriChargé d'AffairesNovember 15, 1803August 28, 1804
Pyotr Aleksandrovich TolstoyAmbassadorAugust 31, 1807October 19, 1808
Grigory Ivanovich GagarinChargé d'AffairesOctober 1808November 1808
Alexander KurakinAmbassadorOctober 19, 1808November 10, 1812
Source: Diplomats of the Russian Empire- France[4]

Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the Kingdom of France

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Carl Osipovich Pozzo di BorgoEnvoyApril 1, 1814February 17, 1821
Carl Osipovich Pozzo di BorgoAmbassadorFebruary 17, 1821January 5, 1835
Pyotr Petrovich PalenAmbassadorMarch 11, 1835April 8, 1841
Nikolai Dmitrievich KiselevChargé d'AffairesOctober 30, 1841April 8, 1851
Source: Diplomats of the Russian Empire- France[4]

Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the French Second Empire

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Nikolay Dmitrievich KiselevEnvoyJanuary 6, 1853January 23, 1854
Pavel Dmitrievich KiselyovAmbassadorJuly 11, 1856September 15, 1862
Andrey Fedorovich BudbergAmbassadorNovember 3, 1862April 10, 1868
Ernest Gustavovich StackelbergAmbassadorApril 25, 1868April 30, 1870
Philipp Ivanovich BrunnovAmbassador (nominal)May 21, 1870November 28, 1870
Source: Diplomats of the Russian Empire- France[4]

Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the French Third Republic

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Nikolay Alexeyevich OrlovAmbassadorDecember 11, 1871February 8, 1884
Arthur Pavlovich MorenheimAmbassadorFebruary 8, 1884November 18, 1897
Lev Pavlovich UrusovAmbassadorNovember 19, 18971904
Alexander Ivanovich NelidovAmbassador1904September 5, 1910
Alexander Petrovich IzvolskyAmbassador1910March 3, 1917
Source: Diplomats of the Russian Empire- France[4]

Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the Republic of France

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Leonid Borisovich KrasinPlenipotentiaryNovember 14, 1924October 30, 1925
Christian RakovskyPlenipotentiaryOctober 30, 1925October 21, 1927
Valerian Savel'evich DovgalevskyPlenipotentiaryOctober 21, 1927July 14, 1934
Vladimir Petrovich PotemkinPlenipotentiaryNovember 25, 1934April 4, 1937
Yakov SuritsPlenipotentiaryApril 4, 1937March 29, 1940
Alexander Efremovich BogomolovAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryOctober 23, 1944March 25, 1950
Alexei Pavlovich PavlovAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryApril 25, 1950July 7, 1953
Sergey VinogradovAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJuly 7, 1953March 24, 1965
Valerian Aleksandrovich ZorinAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMarch 24, 1965September 18, 1971
Pyotr AbrasimovAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiarySeptember 18, 1971April 9, 1973
Stepan ChervonenkoAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 3, 1973January 20, 1983
Yuli VorontsovAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJanuary 20, 1983June 19, 1986
Yakov RyabovAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryJune 19, 1986May 23, 1990
Yuri DubininAmbassador Extraordinary and PlenipotentiaryMay 23, 1990December 25, 1991
Source: Reference History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union[7]

Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to France

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Yuri RyzhovAmbassadorJanuary 4, 1992December 18, 1998
Nikolai Nikolaevich AfanasievskyAmbassadorDecember 18, 1998February 20, 2002
Aleksandr AvdeyevAmbassadorFebruary 21, 2002March 16, 2007
Alexander Konstantinovich OrlovAmbassadorOctober 14, 2008Present
Source:[6][8][9][10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Christopher Kenneth (September 2010). "Russia and France marking a special year in special diplomatic relations". The Russia Corporate World. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Franco-Russian relations" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  3. ↑ "Year of France in Russia takes off". Russia Today. February 25, 2010. Archived from the original on November 12, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Vitaliy Solovyev. "France (Residence in Paris)" (in Russian). Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  5. ↑ "Franco-Russian Alliance" (in Russian). Soviet Historical Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  6. 1 2 Alexander Bocharnikov. "Alexander Orlov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Russia to the French Republic" (in Russian). Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  7. ↑ "Authoritative representation – the USSR Embassy in France" (in Russian). Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  8. ↑ "Alexander A. Avdeev" (in Russian). Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  9. ↑ "Yuri Ryzhov" (in Russian). Presidium of Russian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  10. ↑ "The Russian ambassador to Poland Nikolai Afanasievsky died in Warsaw" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
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