Embassy of the United States, Kuybyshev

53°11′18″N 50°05′56″E / 53.188461748224285°N 50.09886716503386°E / 53.188461748224285; 50.09886716503386Opened1941Closed1943AmbassadorLaurence Steinhardt, William StandleyJurisdictionSoviet Union

The Embassy of the United States, Kuybyshev (Russian: Посольство США в Куйбышеве) was the former diplomatic representation of the United States in the Soviet Union located in the city of Kuybyshev (now Samara) during the years 1941–43.[1] It was situated at 62 Nekrasov Street in an old building.[2][3]

Background

At the onset of evacuation, the US ambassador to the Soviet Union was Laurence Steinhardt. He traveled seven days by train to go some 400 miles east to Kuybyshev, leaving behind a skeleton staff in Moscow, including Llewellyn Thompson.[4][5] Steinhardt was soon appointed to the US Ambassador to Turkey, and on February 14, 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed William Standley as the ambassador to the Soviet Union, a post he held into the autumn of 1943. A military mission with extraordinary powers was established at the embassy.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Kuybyshev in wartime". Archived from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
  2. ^ "Куйбышев военный". Archived from the original on 2020-06-21. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  3. ^ "Александр Гольдберг. Американо-советская дипломатическая дуэль в лицах". Archived from the original on 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  4. ^ "U.S. Ambassadors to Russia | Embassy of the United States Moscow, Russia". Archived from the original on May 18, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
  5. ^ "Американские послы и посланники в России". Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  6. ^ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ ПЕРЕГОВОРЫ В САМАРЕ
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