List of ambassadors of Russia to Italy

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Italian Republic
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent
Alexey Paramonov
since 4 April 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Rome
StyleHis Excellency
Reports toMinister of Foreign Affairs
SeatRome
AppointerPresident of Russia
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
WebsiteRussian Embassy in Rome

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

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia at Via Gaeta, 5- 00185, Rome.[1] There are consulates general in Milan, Palermo, and Genoa, and honorary consulates in Florence, Udine, Ancona, Venice, Verona, Naples, Messina, Pisa and Bari.[2] The post of Russian Ambassador to Italy is currently held by Sergey Razov [ru], incumbent since 6 May 2013.[3] The Russian ambassador to Italy is concurrently accredited as the Ambassador of Russia to San Marino.[4]

History of diplomatic relations

The first relations between Russia and the predecessor states of modern Italy were established in the late 16th century.[5] In 1862, Russia recognized the Kingdom of Italy and started to send its representatives.[6] In 1876, the missions of the two countries in Saint Petersburg and Rome were transformed into embassies.[6] After the February Revolution, Italy recognized the Russian Provisional Government, and later the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, de facto from 1921, and de jure from 1924.[6] Diplomatic relations were interrupted on 22 June 1941 by the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union.

List of representatives (1862 - present)

Representatives of the Russian Empire to the Kingdom of Italy (1862 – 1917)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Ernst von Stackelberg Envoy 11 August 1862 3 August 1864
Nikolai Kiselyov [ru] Envoy 3 August 1864 23 November 1869
Karl Ikskul von Gildenband [ru] Envoy (before 1 July 1876)
Ambassador (after 1 July 1876) 		13 December 1869 12 March 1891
Aleksandr Vangali [ru] Ambassador 12 March 1891 8 June 1897
Aleksandr Nelidov Ambassador 1 July 1897 1904
Lev Urusov [ru] Ambassador 1904 1905
Nikolay Muraviev Ambassador 14 January 1905 1 December 1908
Nikolai Dolgorukov [ru] Ambassador 1909 1912
Anatoly Krupensky [ru] Ambassador 1912 1915
Mikhail Girs Ambassador March 1915 2 March 1917

Representatives of the Russian Provisional Government to the Kingdom of Italy (1917)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Mikhail Girs Ambassador 24 March 1917 26 October 1917

Representatives of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Kingdom of Italy (1921 - 1923)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Vatslav Vorovsky Diplomatic representative 14 March 1921 10 May 1923

Representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Kingdom of Italy (1923 - 1946)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Nikolai Iordansky [ru] Diplomatic representative 23 July 1923 7 March 1924
Konstantin Yurenev Plenipotentiary 7 March 1924 4 April 1925
Platon Kerzhentsev Plenipotentiary 4 April 1925 26 November 1926
Lev Kamenev Plenipotentiary 26 November 1926 7 January 1928
Dmitry Kursky Plenipotentiary 28 January 1928 26 September 1932
Vladimir Potemkin Plenipotentiary 26 September 1932 25 November 1934
Boris Shtein Plenipotentiary 25 November 1934 7 October 1939
Nikolai Gorelkin [ru] Plenipotentiary (before 9 May 1941)
Ambassador (after 9 May 1941) 		8 October 1939 22 June 1941
Second World War - Diplomatic relations interrupted (1941 - 1944)
Mikhail Kostylyov [ru] Diplomatic representative (before 1 April 1945)
Ambassador (after 1 April 1945) 		20 March 1944 2 June 1946

Representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Republic of Italy (1946 - 1991)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Mikhail Kostylyov [ru] Ambassador 2 June 1946 9 February 1954
Aleksandr Bogomolov Ambassador 9 February 1954 2 March 1957
Semyon Kozyrev [ru] Ambassador 2 March 1957 21 May 1966
Nikita Ryzhov [ru] Ambassador 21 May 1966 21 February 1980
Valentin Oberemko [ru] Ambassador 21 February 1980 2 July 1980
Nikolai Lunkov [ru] Ambassador 19 November 1980 12 April 1990
Anatoly Adamishin Ambassador 12 April 1990 25 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Italy (1991 - present)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Anatoly Adamishin Ambassador 25 December 1991 24 December 1992
Valery Kenyakin [ru] Ambassador 11 December 1993 9 October 1997
Nikolai Spassky [ru] Ambassador 14 November 1997 16 December 2003
Aleksey Meshkov [ru] Ambassador 20 January 2004 14 December 2012
Sergey Razov [ru] Ambassador 6 May 2013 4 April 2023
Alexey Paramonov Ambassador 4 April 2023

See also

References

  1. ^ "Посольство Российской Федерации в Итальянской Республике" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Консульства" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Посол России в Италии" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Embassy of Russian Federation in Italy".
  5. ^ "Italy and the NEW RUSSIA". Institute of Europe. 2011.
  6. ^ a b c "Italy-Russia relations". Embassy of the Russian Federation in Italy. January 1, 2015.

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