List of ambassadors of Russia to Brazil

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Ambassador of the
His Excellency
The Honourable
Reports toMinister of Foreign Affairs
SeatBrasília
AppointerPresident of Russia
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
WebsiteEmbassy of Russia in Brazil

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Federative Republic of Brazil is the official representative of the

Government of Brazil.[1][2][3][4]

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the

Republic of Suriname.[8][9]

History of diplomatic relations

Main article: Brazil–Russia relations

Consular relations between Russia and what became the modern state of Brazil date back to the early nineteenth century. With the

Portuguese Court was transferred to its colony in Brazil. The new capital of the Portuguese Empire was thereafter in Rio de Janeiro.[10] In early July 1811 Friedrich von der Pahlen was appointed envoy to the Portuguese court in Rio de Janeiro. On 30 July that year Xavier and Mikhail Labensky were appointed Consul General and Vice Consul respectively in Rio de Janeiro.[10] Rio de Janeiro ceased to be the capital of the Portuguese Empire in April 1821, with the return of the court to Portugal. The Russian mission moved to Portugal with the court, though consular relations were maintained between Russia and Brazil until November 1827.[10] One of the early consuls during this period was Grigori Langsdorf, who carried out expeditions to the interior of Brazil, gathering material on the flora and fauna, as well as conducting cartographic studies.[10]

Diplomatic relations between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Brazil were first established on 3 October 1828.[11] Frants Borel-Palentssky [ru], the head of the Consular Affairs Expedition of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1809, had taken a particular interest in the initial establishment of the consulate in Brazil, was appointed the first envoy to Brazil.[10] They continued after the establishment of the First Brazilian Republic in 1889, but were broken off after the October Revolution in 1917 and the establishment of the Soviet Union.[11] Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the United States of Brazil were established briefly in 1945, but were broken off in 1947 after the establishment of the Fourth Brazilian Republic, by the elected government of the anti-communist and USA-aligned military officer Eurico Dutra.[12] Relations were restored in 1961. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Brazilian government was among the first to recognize the Russian Federation as the successor state of the USSR.[11] The Soviet ambassador, Leonid Kuzmin [ru], continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1992.[2]

List of representatives (1828 – present)

Representatives of the Russian Empire to the Empire of Brazil (1828 – 1889)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Frants Borel-Palentssky [ru] Envoy 3 October 1828 20 December 1831
Apollon Maltits Chargé d'affaires 20 December 1831 16 March 1835
Sergey Lomonosov
Resident Minister (11 March 1841 - 23 November 1843)
Envoy
(23 November 1843 - 11 March 1848) 		16 March 1835 11 March 1848
Alexander Medem Envoy 3 November 1848 9 February 1854
Otton Evers Chargé d'affaires 13 February 1854 13 April 1857
Dmitry Glinka
 Envoy 7 July 1856 3 April 1871
Iosif Koskul Envoy 3 April 1871 18 August 1881
Aleksandr Ionin [ru] Envoy 2 July 1883 1889

Representatives of the Russian Empire to the Republic of Brazil (1889 – 1917)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Aleksandr Ionin [ru] Envoy 1889 22 December 1892
Mikhail von Giers Envoy 11 May 1895 8 June 1898
Alexey Shpeyer Envoy 8 June 1898 1904
Mavriky Prozor [ru] Envoy December 1904 1909
Peter Maksimov Envoy 1910 1915
Aleksandr Shcherbatsky [ru] Envoy 1916 26 October 1917

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Brazil (1946 – 1991)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Yakov Surits [ru
] 		Envoy 13 May 1946 20 October 1947
Ilya Chernyshyov [ru] Ambassador 12 December 1961 21 October 1962
Andrey Fomin [ru
] 		Ambassador 21 November 1962 30 September 1965
Sergey Mikhailov [ru] Ambassador 30 September 1965 30 May 1974
Dmitry Zhukov [ru] Ambassador 30 May 1974 24 March 1981
Vladimir Chernyshyov [ru] Ambassador 2 September 1981 5 September 1986
Viktor Isakov [ru] Ambassador 5 September 1986 26 August 1988
Leonid Kuzmin [ru] Ambassador 8 September 1988 25 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Brazil (1991 – present)

Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Leonid Kuzmin [ru] Ambassador 25 December 1991 3 September 1992
Iosif Podrazhanets [ru] Ambassador 3 December 1993 17 April 1998
Vasily Gromov [ru] Ambassador 11 January 1999 15 July 2004
Vladimir Tyurdenev [ru] Ambassador 15 July 2004 23 November 2009
Sergei Akopov [ru] Ambassador 15 February 2010 28 January 2021
Aleksey Labetsky [ru] Ambassador 28 January 2021

References

  1. ^ ПРЕДСТАВИТЕЛИ РОССИЙСКОЙ ИМПЕРИИ В ДРУГИХ СТРАНАХ (in Russian). Worldwide Historical Project. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  2. ^ a b "00561" Посольство СССР в Бразилии (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  3. ^ Посольство СССР в Бразилии (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Archived from the original on 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  4. ^ ПОСЛЫ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ В СТРАНАХ АМЕРИКАНСКОГО РЕГИОНА (in Russian). Worldwide Historical Project. Archived from the original on 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  5. ^ "Посольство Российской Федерации в Федеративной Республике Бразилии" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Рио-Де-Жанейро" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Сан-Паулу" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Посол" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Российско-суринамские отношения" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  10. ^ a b c d e "ИСТОРИЯ СОЗДАНИЯ РОССИЙСКОГО ГЕНКОНСУЛЬСТВА В РИО-ДЕ-ЖАНЕЙРО" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  11. ^ a b c "История двусторонних отношений" (in Russian). Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  12. ISBN 9788576286592.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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