List of ambassadors of Russia to Slovakia

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Slovak Republic
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Igor Bratchikov [ru] since 23 October 2020
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Bratislava
Style	His Excellency The Honourable
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Bratislava
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Formation	1993
First holder	Sergey Yastrzhembsky
Website	Embassy of Russia in Slovakia

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

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Bratislava.^[1] There is also an honorary consul based in Košice.^[2] The post of Russian Ambassador to Slovakia is currently held by Igor Bratchikov [ru], incumbent since 23 October 2020.^[3]

History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic exchanges between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia began with the formal establishment of relations on 5 June 1922.^[4] Relations were maintained throughout the twentieth century, with a brief break after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, until the reestablishment of relations in 1941. With the repudiation of communism, the country officially became the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic in 1990. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, a new ambassador, Aleksandr Lebedev [ru], was appointed as representative of the Russian Federation.^[5] He continued as ambassador until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and its separation into the states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Lebedev continued to as representative to the Czech Republic until 1996, while a new ambassador, Sergey Yastrzhembsky, was appointed Russian ambassador to Slovakia in June 1993.^[5]

Representatives of the Russian Federation to Slovakia (1993 – present)

Name	Title	Appointment	Termination
Sergey Yastrzhembsky	Ambassador	3 June 1993	30 August 1996
Sergey Zotov [ru]	Ambassador	25 November 1996	11 September 1998
Aleksandr Aksenyonok [ru]	Ambassador	11 November 1998	14 August 2002
Aleksey Borodavkin [ru]	Ambassador	14 August 2002	9 April 2004
Aleksandr Udaltsov [ru]	Ambassador	16 June 2005	20 April 2010
Pavel Kuznetsov	Ambassador	20 April 2010	10 September 2014
Aleksey Fedotov [ru]	Ambassador	10 September 2014	23 October 2020
Igor Bratchikov [ru]	Ambassador	23 October 2020

References

^ "Посольство Российской Федерации в Словацкой Республике" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^ "Russian Honorary Consulate in Kosice, Slovakia" (in Russian). embassypages.com. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
^ "Посоль". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "00623" Полномочное представительство РСФСР - СССР в Чехословакии (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b Миссия - Посольство СССР в Чехословакии (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.