List of ambassadors of Russia to South Korea

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent Georgy Zinoviev since 7 December 2023
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Seoul
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	Minister of Foreign Affairs
Seat	Seoul
Appointer	President of Russia
Term length	At the pleasure of the President
Website	Russian Embassy in South Korea

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

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Seoul.^[1] There is a consulate general in Busan.^[2] The post of Russian Ambassador to South Korea is currently held by Georgy Zinoviev, incumbent 7 December 2023.^[3]

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Russia–South Korea relations

The Russian Empire established relations with the Joseon Dynasty in 1884.^[4] However Korea was deprived of its right to conduct independent foreign policy by the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905, while the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (the eventual successor to the Russian Empire) did not formally recognise the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in exile.^{[citation needed]} In 1948, three years after the end of Japanese rule in Korea, the USSR recognised only one government on the Korean peninsula—the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly North Korea.^[5] In September 1990, towards the end of its existence, the USSR established relations with the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea).^[6]

List of heads of mission

Ministers of the Russian Empire to the Joseon Dynasty

• Karl Ivanovich Weber, appointed 14 October 1885

Ministers of the Russian Empire to the Korean Empire

• Karl Ivanovich Weber (as above)
• Alexey Shpeyer, appointed 28 March 1898^[4]
• Paul Pavlov,^[7] appointed 13 December 1898.^[4]

Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Korea

Name	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Oleg Sokolov [ru]	30 October 1990	25 December 1991	[6]

Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea

Name	Appointment	Termination	Notes
Oleg Sokolov [ru]	25 December 1991	17 February 1992	[8]
Aleksandr Panov	17 February 1992	1 November 1993	[8][9]
Georgy Kunadze [ru]	1 November 1993	13 June 1997
Yevgeny Afanasyev [ru]	13 June 1997	25 December 2000
Teymuraz Ramishvili	25 December 2000	4 April 2005	[10]
Gleb Ivashentsov	4 April 2005	17 July 2009
Konstantin Vnukov [ru]	17 July 2009	26 December 2014	[11]
Aleksandr Timonin [ru]	26 December 2014	18 July 2018
Andrey Kulik [ru]	18 July 2018	7 December 2023
Georgy Zinoviev	7 December 2023

See also

• Russia-Korea Treaty of 1884
• List of diplomatic missions in South Korea
• List of ambassadors of Russia to North Korea

Notes

1. "The Embassy of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 25 October 2019.
2. "Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Busan, Republic of Korea". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 25 October 2019.
3. "Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 25 October 2019.
4. Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament, p. 32., p. 32, at Google Books; excerpt, "Treaty and Diplomatic Relations Between Korea and Russia. Treaty of Amity and Commerce dated June 24, 1884"; Kim, Chun-gil. (2005). The History of Korea, p. 107., p. 107, at Google Books
5. "Unfriendly act laid to Russia by Korea", The New York Times, 1948-10-15, retrieved 2011-04-28
6. Charles E. Ziegler. Foreign policy and East Asia: learning and adaption in the Gorbachev era, p. 123, at Google Books
7. Warner, Denis Ashton. (2002). The Tide at Sunrise, p. 214., p. 214, at Google Books
8. Seung-Ho Joo and Tae-Hwan Kwak. (2001). Korea in the 21st Century, p. 198 n8., p. 198, at Google Books
9. Europa Publications. (2004). The International Who's Who 2004, p. 1282, at Google Books
10. Europa World Year Book 2004, p. 2512., p. 2512, at Google Books
11. Kim Se-jeong. "On Victory Day, Russia thinks about future relations with Korea," Korea Times. May 5, 2010.

References

• Halleck, Henry Wager. (1861). International law: or, Rules regulating the intercourse of states in peace and war New York: D. Van Nostrand. OCLC 852699
• Kim, Chun-gil. (2005). The History of Korea. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313332968; ISBN 9780313038532; OCLC 217866287
• Korean Mission to the Conference on the Limitation of Armament, Washington, D.C., 1921-1922. (1922). Korea's Appeal to the Conference on Limitation of Armament. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office. OCLC 12923609
• Seung-Ho Joo and Tae-Hwan Kwak. (2001). Korea in the 21st Century. Huntington, N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 9781560729907; OCLC 47200831
• Warner, Denis Ashton and Peggy Warner. (1974). The Tide at Sunrise: a History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. New York: Charterhouse. OCLC 422325975