List of ambassadors of Russia to Iran

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Islamic Republic of Iran
سفیر فدراسیون روسیه در جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent
Alexey Dedov
since 8 September 2022
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Tehran
StyleHis Excellency
Reports toMinister of Foreign Affairs
SeatTehran
AppointerPresident of Russia
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
WebsiteEmbassy of the Russian Federation in the Islamic Republic of Iran

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

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Tehran.[1] There are consulates general in Isfahan and Rasht.[2][3] The post of Russian Ambassador to Iran is currently held by Alexey Dedov, incumbent since 8 September 2022.[4]

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Iran–Russia relations

Diplomatic relations between Russia and Iran date back to the medieval period, with the first visit of an envoy from Persia to the Grand Duchy of Moscow being recorded in 1592. The first Russian ambassador, Artemy Volynsky, was appointed in 1715, during the reign of Peter the Great. Following the Russian Revolution in 1917, diplomatic relations were briefly broken off, but were soon re-established, between Persia and at first the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and later the Soviet Union.[5] Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the incumbent Soviet ambassador, Vladimir Gudev, continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1993.[5]

List of representatives (1715 – present)

Representatives of the Tsardom of Russia to Persia (1715 – 1721)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Artemy Volynsky Envoy 1715 1719
Semyon Avramov Consul, Resident 1717 1721

Representatives of the Russian Empire to Persia (1721 – 1917)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Semyon Avramov Consul, Resident 1721 1732
Sergey Golitsyn [ru] Ambassador 1734 1735
Ivan Kalushkin Resident 1737 1742
Vasily Bratishchev Resident 1742 1748
Mikhail Golitsyn Consul 1745 1748
Ivan Danilov Consul 1748 1751
Petr Chekalevsky Consul 18 December 1755 25 May 1760
Ilya Igumnov Consul 1763 1769
Gavriil Bogolyubov Consul 1769 1772
Vasily Yablonsky Consul 1772 1775
Ivan Tumanovsky Consul 1780 1785
Dmitri Skilichi Consul 1782 1790
Sergey Lashkarev Appointed chargé d'affaires 1786 1786 Did not take up position
Mikhail Skibinevsky Chargé d'affaires c. 1787 1804
Russo-Persian War - Diplomatic relations interrupted (10 June 1804 - 24 October 1813)
Alexey Yermolov Ambassador 29 June 1817 10 October 1817
Semyon Mazarovich [ru] Chargé d'affaires 6 July 1818 July 1826
Russo-Persian War - Diplomatic relations interrupted (16 July 1826 - 10 February 1828)
Aleksandr Obreskov [ru] assigned as diplomatic agent between 4 April 1827 and 21 April 1828 to negotiate the Treaty of Turkmenchay
Alexander Griboyedov Minister Plenipotentiary 25 April 1828 30 January 1829
Nikolai Dolgorukov [ru] Special representative 1 April 1829 30 June 1830
Ivan Simonich [ru] Minister Plenipotentiary 5 January 1832 30 April 1838
Alexander Du Hamel [ru] Minister Plenipotentiary 30 April 1838 9 August 1841
Alexander von Medem Minister Plenipotentiary 9 August 1841 11 June 1845
Dmitry Dolgorukov Minister Plenipotentiary 11 June 1845 20 March 1854
Nikolai Anichkov [ru] Chargé d'affaires (before 5 April 1858)
Envoy (after 5 April 1858) 		20 March 1854 15 January 1863
Nikolay Girs Envoy 1 August 1863 6 January 1869
Aleksandr Beger [ru] Envoy 7 January 1869 24 February 1876
Ivan Zinovyev [ru] Envoy 20 April 1876 25 February 1883
Aleksandr Melnikov [ru] Envoy 25 February 1883 22 October 1886
Nikolai Dolgorukov [ru] Envoy 25 October 1886 12 November 1889
Eugene de Bützow [ru] Envoy 5 October 1889 1 July 1897
Kimon Argyropoulo Envoy 1 July 1897 8 August 1902
Pyotr Vlasov Envoy 8 August 1902 1905
Alexey Shpeyer Envoy 1905 1906
Nicholas Hartwig Envoy 1906 1908
Stanislav Poklevsky-Kozell [ru] Envoy 1909 1913
Ivan Korostovets [ru] Envoy 1913 1915
Nikolai Etter [ru] Envoy 1915 3 March 1917

Representatives of the Russian Provisional Government to Persia (March 1917 - unaccredited after October 1917)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Ivan Kolomiytsev [ru] Chief of mission July 1917 November 1918
Efim Babushkin [ru] Consul General September 1918 1919
Ivan Kolomiytsev [ru] Chief of mission 28 June 1919 27 August 1919

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

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Theodore Rothstein Plenipotentiary Representative 27 February 1921 19 March 1923
Boris Shumyatsky Plenipotentiary Representative 19 March 1923 19 July 1923

Representatives of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to Persia/Iran (1923 - 1991)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Boris Shumyatsky Plenipotentiary Representative 19 July 1923 14 April 1925
Konstantin Yurenev Plenipotentiary Representative 24 April 1925 5 August 1927
Yakov Davydov Plenipotentiary Representative 5 August 1927 1 October 1930
Adolf Petrovsky Plenipotentiary Representative 21 December 1930 1 April 1933
Sergey Pastukhov [ru] Plenipotentiary Representative 29 May 1933 1 April 1935
Aleksey Chernykh [ru] Plenipotentiary Representative 1 April 1935 14 January 1939
Matvey Filimonov Plenipotentiary Representative (before 9 May 1941)
Ambassador (after 9 May 1941) 		11 September 1939 28 June 1941
Andrey Smirnov Ambassador 28 June 1941 1 September 1943
Konstantin Mikhailov [ru] Ambassador 1 September 1943 21 May 1944
Mikhail Maksimov [ru] Ambassador 28 June 1944 26 February 1946
Ivan Sadchikov [ru] Ambassador 26 February 1946 17 July 1953
Anatoly Lavrentiev Ambassador 17 July 1953 19 August 1956
Nikolai Pegov Ambassador 19 August 1956 4 June 1963
Grigory Zaeitsev [ru] Ambassador 4 June 1963 3 January 1968
Vladimir Yerofeyev Ambassador 3 January 1968 29 January 1977
Vladimir Vinogradov Ambassador 29 January 1977 2 June 1982
Vil Boldyrev [ru] Ambassador 2 June 1982 23 September 1987
Vladimir Gudev Ambassador 23 September 1987 25 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to Iran (1991 - present)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Vladimir Gudev Ambassador 25 December 1991 6 April 1993
Sergey Tretyakov [ru] Ambassador 6 April 1993 6 June 1997
Konstantin Shuvalov [ru] Ambassador 6 June 1997 8 February 2001
Aleksandr Maryasov [ru] Ambassador 8 February 2001 30 May 2005
Aleksandr Sadovnikov [ru] Ambassador 30 May 2005 17 October 2011
Levan Dzhagaryan [ru] Ambassador 17 October 2011 8 September 2022
Alexey Dedov Ambassador 8 September 2022

See also

References

  1. ^ "Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Islamic Republic of Iran". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Consulate General in Isfahan". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Consulate General in Rasht". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Полномочное представительство РСФСР - СССР в Персии, с 1935 - Иране - Посольство СССР в Иране" (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2019.