The following people have served as ambassadors of India to Russia and its predecessor state, the Soviet Union:
Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union Name Portrait Entered office Left office Notes Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 1947 1949 First Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1949 1952 2nd President of India (1962–1967) Kumara Padma Sivasankara Menon 1952 1961 Subimal Dutt 1961 1962 T. N. Kaul 1962 1966 Kewal Singh 1966 1968 Durga Prasad Dhar 1969 1971 K. S. Shelvankar 1971 1975 Durga Prasad Dhar 1975 1975 Inder Kumar Gujral 1976 1980 12th Prime Minister of India (1997–1998) V. K. Ahuja 1980 1983 Saiyid Nurul Hasan 1983 1986 Governor of several Indian states T. N. Kaul 1986 1989 A. S. Gonsalves 1989 1992
Ambassador of India to Russia Name Image Entered office Left office Notes Ronen Sen 1992 1998 Later High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom and Ambassador of India to the United States. Satinder Kumar Lambah 1998 2001 K. Raghunath 2001 2004 Kanwal Sibal 2004 2007 24th Foreign Secretary of India (2001-02) Prabhat Prakash Shukla 20072011 Ajai Malhotra 20112013 P. S. Raghavan 2014 2016Pankaj Saran20162018 Deputy National Security Advisor (2018-2022)D. Bala Venkatesh Varma20182021Pavan Kapoor20212024Deputy National Security Advisor (2024-Incumbent)Vinay Kumar2024Incumbent
See also Embassy of India, Moscow Embassy of India School Moscow
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