The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Italian Republic is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Italy.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia at Via Gaeta, 5- 00185, Rome. There are consulates general in Milan, Palermo, and Genoa, and honorary consulates in Florence, Udine, Ancona, Venice, Verona, Naples, Messina, Pisa and Bari. The post of Russian ambassador to Italy is currently held by , incumbent since 4 April 2023. The Russian ambassador to Italy is concurrently accredited as the ambassador of Russia to San Marino.
History of diplomatic relations
The first relations between Russia and the predecessor states of modern Italy were established in the late 16th century. In 1862, Russia recognized the Kingdom of Italy and started to send its representatives. In 1876, the missions of the two countries in Saint Petersburg and Rome were transformed into embassies. After the February Revolution, Italy recognized the Russian Provisional Government, and later the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, de facto from 1921, and de jure from 1924. Diplomatic relations were interrupted on 22 June 1941 by the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union.
List of representatives (1862–present) Russian Empire to the Kingdom of Italy (1862–1917) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesErnst von StackelbergEnvoy11 August 18623 August 1864Envoy3 August 186423 November 1869Envoy (before 1 July 1876)Ambassador (after 1 July 1876)13 December 186912 March 1891Ambassador12 March 18918 June 1897Aleksandr NelidovAmbassador1 July 18971904Ambassador19041905Nikolay MuravievAmbassador14 January 19051 December 1908Ambassador19091912Ambassador19121915Mikhail GirsAmbassadorMarch 19152 March 1917
Russian Provisional Government to the Kingdom of Italy (1917) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesMikhail GirsAmbassador24 March 191726 October 1917
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Kingdom of Italy (1921–1923) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesVatslav VorovskyDiplomatic representative14 March 192110 May 1923
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Kingdom of Italy (1923–1946) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesDiplomatic representative23 July 19237 March 1924Konstantin YurenevPlenipotentiary7 March 19244 April 1925Platon KerzhentsevPlenipotentiary4 April 192526 November 1926Lev KamenevPlenipotentiary26 November 19267 January 1928Dmitry KurskyPlenipotentiary28 January 192826 September 1932Vladimir PotemkinPlenipotentiary26 September 193225 November 1934Boris ShteinPlenipotentiary25 November 19347 October 1939Plenipotentiary (before 9 May 1941)Ambassador (after 9 May 1941)8 October 193922 June 1941Second World War - Diplomatic relations interrupted (1941 - 1944)Diplomatic representative (before 1 April 1945)Ambassador (after 1 April 1945)20 March 19442 June 1946
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to the Republic of Italy (1946–1991) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador2 June 19469 February 1954Aleksandr BogomolovAmbassador9 February 19542 March 1957Ambassador2 March 195721 May 1966Ambassador21 May 196621 February 1980Ambassador21 February 19802 July 1980Ambassador19 November 198012 April 1990Anatoly AdamishinAmbassador12 April 199025 December 1991
Russian Federation to the Republic of Italy (1991–present) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAnatoly AdamishinAmbassador25 December 199124 December 1992Ambassador11 December 19939 October 1997Ambassador14 November 199716 December 2003Ambassador20 January 200414 December 2012Ambassador6 May 20134 April 2023Ambassador4 April 2023
See also Embassy of Italy in Moscow Foreign relations of Italy Foreign relations of Russia List of diplomatic missions of Russia
References
External links Representatives of the Russian Empire List of ambassadors of the Soviet Union in Italy (1924 - 1941) List of Soviet ambassadors in Italy (1944 - 1991)