Consulate General of the United States, Vladivostok () was a diplomatic mission of the United States in Vladivostok, providing consular services to Russian and American citizens in the Far East and in Eastern Siberia. The consulate was located in the Leninsky District of Vladivostok, at Pushkinskaya Street, house 32. It was closed in 2021 due to staffing shortages.
History The first U.S. consulate in Vladivostok was opened during the Russian Empire era in 1875. In 1898, U.S. Ambassador Hitchcock prompted the United States Congress to appropriate the supplies for an American consulate in Vladivostok because of the American trade with Siberia, seeking to increase trade by promoting direct shipping routes. This consulate was subsequently closed after the Soviet Revolution in 1923. In 1940, the Soviet Union gave the United States permission to re-open its consulate in Vladivostok. On May 16, 1941, the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs sent a note verbale to the United States Embassy in Moscow setting travel limitations on employees at the embassy and consulate. In August 1948, the Soviet Union closed its consulates in New York and San Francisco, meaning the reciprocal closing of the US consulates in Leningrad and Vladivostok.
The consulate was officially re-established on September 22, 1992, a year after the city was opened for visits by foreigners and Russian citizens in particular.
In March 2020, the Consulate General of the U.S. in Vladivostok fully suspended the issuance of visas and consular services due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the U.S. Consulate in Yekaterinburg limited its services to emergency cases only. Soon afterwards, on April 1, 2021, it was announced that the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok would not be able to resume operations due to a staff shortage, and it again suspended its activities indefinitely. According to Consul General Louis Krishok, visa and consular services will be provided only at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and the U.S. consular agency in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
The Consulate General of the U.S. in Vladivostok included: a visa department, a press and culture department, and a representation of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Consuls general
+ List of United States Consuls General in Vladivostok Name Status Official residence Appointment Termination Source William Morton consul general 1875 Richard Greener commercial agent Pennsylvania 1898 1905 Roger S. Greene commercial agent 1905 1908 Harold F. New Hard commercial agent 1909 1911 ? Maynard commercial agent 1911 1914 Randall Lecoq consul general 1992 1994 Desiree Millican consul general 1994 1996 Jane Miller Floyd consul general 1996 1998 Douglas Kent consul general 1998 1999 Lisbeth Rickerman consul general 1999 2001 James Schumaker consul general 2001 2002 Pamela Spratlen consul general 2002 2004 John M. Pommersheim consul general 2004 2007 Thomas Armbruster consul general 2007 2010 Patricia Miller acting 2010 2010 Sylvia Reed Curran consul general 2010 2013 Erik Anders Holm-Olsen consul general 2013 2016 Michael Keyes consul general 2016 2019 Louis Crishock consul general 2019 2021
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