The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Uruguay.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Montevideo. The ambassador to Uruguay is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the Latin American Integration Association. The post of Russian ambassador to Uruguay is currently held by , incumbent since 22 April 2025.
History of diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations at the mission level between the Soviet Union and Uruguay were first established in August 1926, although the missions were not opened until August 1933. The first representative, , was appointed on 10 March 1934, and presented his credentials on 9 May 1934. Diplomatic relations were broken off by the government of Uruguay on 27 December 1935 and Minkin was recalled. Relations were re-established on 27 January 1943, with Sergei Orlov appointed envoy on 3 November 1943. On 30 November 1964 the mission was upgraded to the level of an embassy. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet ambassador, , continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1993.
List of representatives (1934–present) Soviet Union to Uruguay (1934–1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesDiplomatic representative10 March 193427 December 1935Credentials presented 9 May 1934Diplomatic relations interrupted (1935 - 1943)Sergei Orlov Envoy3 November 194324 October 1944Credentials presented 18 March 1944Envoy12 November 194417 May 1952Credentials presented 14 February 1945Vladimir YerofeyevEnvoy17 May 195227 October 1953Envoy24 December 195514 December 1960Credentials presented 26 January 1956Envoy (before 19 December 1964)Ambassador (after 19 December 1964)14 December 19603 August 1965Credentials presented 24 March 1961Ambassador3 August 196527 January 1970Credentials presented 1 October 1965Ambassador10 June 197023 June 1978Credentials presented 13 July 1970Ambassador23 June 197826 February 1987Credentials presented 6 November 1978Ambassador26 February 198725 December 1991
Russian Federation to Uruguay (1991–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador25 December 19916 April 1993Ambassador6 April 199313 April 1999Ambassador13 April 199931 July 2000Ambassador31 July 200026 September 2005Sergey N. KoshkinAmbassador26 September 20055 November 2013Ambassador5 November 201310 January 2018Ambassador10 January 20185 October 2020Ambassador5 October 202022 April 2025Ambassador22 April 2025
Notes
a. Alexandre Minkine, The Brazilian Government claimed an involvement in the Brazilian uprising of 1935 therefore rupture of diplomatic relations.Brazilian Government claimed an involvement in the Brazilian uprising of 1935
b. Sergei A. Orlov (1895 died in 1944 in Montevideo), 1944 (5) MARCH 5— Sergei Orlov, first Russian Minister to Uruguay after a five-year interruption in Russian-Uruguayan diplomatic relations, arrives in Montevideo. (Uruguay and the USSR re-established diplomatic relations in 1943.)
c. S.R. Striganov Appointed Soviet Ambassador to Argentina Pravda, 27/9/78. the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet has appointed Sergei Romanovich Striganov (born 1916) ambassador to the Argentine Republic, replacing Semen Petrovich Dyukarev, 64, who is retiring. Striganov is one of the most experienced Soviet diplomats in the field of relations with the … in Montevideo and Moscow were elevated to embassies, Striganov became the first Soviet ambassador to Uruguay.Siergiej Striganow
d. Vladimir Demidov ExteriorM - Uruguay Archivo Hiatórico Dipiomático Carta del Embajador de la URSS en eI Uruguay, Sr.N.V.Demidov 127 Documento 52 – 27.08.1972.
e. Yan Anastasyevich Burlyai Y.A., b. 1947, a Ukrainian by birth, in 1965-1970 studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry ofYan A. Burlyai
References
Uruguay-URSS: 60 años de relaciones diplomáticas, 1926-1986 :, Uruguay. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Soviet Union. Ministerstvo inostrannykh del – 1989, СССР - Уругвай: 60 лет дипломатических отношений: 1926 - 1986 1988