List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States

The Russian ambassador to the United States is the official representative of the president of the Russian Federation and the Russian government to the president of the United States and the United States government. The ambassador's official title is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States of America.

Ambassador of Russia to the United States
посол Российской Федерации в США
Seal of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent Alexander Darchiev since 6 March 2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	His Excellency
Residence	Russian ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the president
Inaugural holder	Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov As ambassador of the Russian Empire
Formation	17 August 1808
Succession	Charge d'affairs
Website	Russian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Russian ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Washington, D.C.^[1] The ambassador to the United States is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the Organization of American States.^[2] The ambassador's residence is located at 1125 16th Street Northwest.^[3] Russia also maintains consulates general in New York and Houston. Alexander Darchiev is the current ambassador, serving since 6 March 2025.

List of Ambassadors

Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the United States

Name	Photo	Appointed	Until
Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov		1808	1817
Pyotr Ivanovich Poletika		1817	24 April 1822
Fyodor van Tuyll van Serooskerken		19 April 1823	11 April 1826
Pavel Kridener		1827	1837
Alexander de Bodisco		1837	1854
Alexander Medem [ru]		1854	1855
Eduard de Stoeckl		1855	1869
Konstantin Katakazi		1869	1872
Karl von Struve		1882	1892
Count Arthur Paul Nicholas Cassini		1898	1905
Roman Rosen		1905	1911
George Bakhmetev		1911	1917

Ambassadors of the Russian Provisional Government to the United States

Name	Photo	Appointed	Until
Boris Bakhmetev		1917	1917

Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the United States

Name	Photo	Appointed	Credentials presented	Until
Maxim Litvinov		1918	1919
Ludwig Martens		1919	1921
Boris Skvirsky [ru]		1922[citation needed]	1933
Alexander Troyanovsky		20 November 1933	8 January 1934	1 October 1938
Konstantin Umansky		11 May 1939 (as plenipotentiary representative)[4]	9 May 1941	5 November 1941
Maxim Litvinov		10 November 1941	8 December 1941	22 August 1943
Andrei Gromyko		22 August 1943	4 October 1943	11 April 1946
Nikolai Vasilevich Novikov		11 April 1946	3 June 1946	25 October 1947
Alexander Panyushkin		25 October 1947	31 December 1947	12 June 1952
Georgy Zarubin		14 June 1952	25 September 1952	7 January 1958
Mikhail A. Menshikov [ru]		7 January 1958	11 February 1958	4 January 1962
Anatoly Dobrynin		4 January 1962	30 March 1962	19 May 1986
Yuri Dubinin		19 May 1986		15 May 1990
Alexander Bessmertnykh		15 May 1990		15 January 1991
Viktor Komplektov [ru]		15 March 1991		26 December 1991

Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the United States

Name	Photo	Appointed	Appointer	Credentials presented	Until
Viktor Komplektov [ru]		1991	Boris Yeltsin		1992
Vladimir Lukin		24 January 1992	Boris Yeltsin		8 February 1994
Yuli Vorontsov		23 July 1994	Boris Yeltsin		16 December 1998
Yuri Ushakov		1999	Boris Yeltsin	22 January 1999	31 May 2008
Sergey Kislyak		26 July 2008[5]	Dmitry Medvedev	16 September 2008[6]	22 July 2017
Anatoly Antonov		1 September 2017[7]	Vladimir Putin	9 September 2017[8]	10 October 2024[9]
Alexander Darchiev		6 March 2025 [10]	Vladimir Putin		Present

See also

• Russia–United States relations
• Embassy of Russia, Washington, D.C.
• List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia