The following is a list of ambassadors of Bulgaria to the Russian Empire, Soviet Union and the Russian Federation:
Russian Empire
Konstantin Stoilov - Diplomatic Agent in Saint Petersburg – 1883 Dimiter Stancioff - Diplomatic Agent in Saint Petersburg – 1897–1906 Stefan Paprikov - Diplomatic Agent in Saint Petersburg – 1906; Minister Plenipotentiary in Saint Petersburg 1910–1912 Dimiter Tsokov - Diplomatic Agent and Minister Plenipotentiary in Saint Petersburg 1908–1909 Stefan Bobchev - Minister Plenipotentiary in Saint Petersburg 1912–1913 Radko Dimitriev - Minister Plenipotentiary in Saint Petersburg 1913–1914 Michail Madjarov - Minister Plenipotentiary in Saint Petersburg 1914–1915
Soviet Union
Stefan Chaprashikov - Minister Plenipotentiary in Soviet Russia 1918 Nikola Antonov - Minister Plenipotentiary in Moscow 1936-1939 Todor Christov - Minister Plenipotentiary in Moscow 1940 Ivan Stamenov - Minister Plenipotentiary in Moscow 1940-1941 Dimiter Mihalchev - Minister Plenipotentiary in Moscow 1934-1936; Political Representative and Minister Plenipotentiary in Moscow 1944-1946 Nayden Kourdalanov - Minister Plenipotentiary in Moscow 1946; Ambassador to the USSR 1948-1949 Stella Blagoeva - Ambassador to the USSR 1949-1954 Karlo Lukanov - Ambassador to the USSR 1954-1956 Lyuben Nikolov - Ambassador to the USSR 1956-1963 Stoyan Karadjov - Ambassador in Moscow 1963-1967 Stoyan Ivanov - Ambassador in Moscow 1967-1973 Dimiter Zhulev - Ambassador in Moscow 1973-1986 Georgi Pankov - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Moscow 1986-1990 Vladimir Velchev - Ambassador in the USSR and the Russian Federation 1991-1992
Russian Federation
Vladimir Velchev - Ambassador in the USSR and the Russian Federation 1991-1992 Volodya Neykov - Minister Plenipotentiary in Moscow 1992-1994 Hristo Miladinov - Ambassador in the Russian Federation 1994-1997 Vassiliy Takev - Ambassador in Moscow 1997-2000 Ilian Vassilev - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Moscow 2000-2006 Plamen Grozdanov - Ambassador in Moscow 2006-2012 George Gergov - Ambassador in Moscow 2006-2019 See also Bulgaria–Russia relations List of ambassadors of Russia to Bulgaria References