The ambassador of Russia to Georgia was the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of Georgia.
The ambassador and his staff worked at large in the Russian embassy in Tbilisi. Diplomatic relations were broken off following the Russo-Georgian War in August 2008, and there are currently no official diplomatic relations between the two countries.
History of diplomatic relations
With the process of the disintegration of the Russian Empire following the October Revolution and the outbreak of the Russian Civil War, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic established relations with the independent Democratic Republic of Georgia in 1920. Georgia's independence was short-lived, it was invaded by Red Army forces in 1921, who established the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, which with the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and other republics, formed the Soviet Union on its formation in 1922. Envoys in this period were Sergei Kirov, Aron Sheinman, and Boris Legran.
With the process of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic held an independence referendum on 31 March 1991, subsequently declaring independence four days later. Georgian indepencence was recognized, and following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the RSFSR becoming the Russian Federation, diplomatic relations were formally established on 1 July 1992. was appointed the first ambassador on 24 October 1992. The last Russian ambassador to Georgia was Vyacheslav Kovalenko, who was appointed on 7 July 2006. In August 2008, the Russo-Georgian War broke out. On 29 August 2008, Georgia ordered Kovalenko and all other Russian diplomats to leave the country, closed the embassy and severed diplomatic relations with Russia.Georgia breaks relations with Russia The Russian Federation has since been represented through the Russian Federation Interests Section of the Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia.
Representatives of Russia to Georgia (1920–2008) Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to Georgia (1920–1922) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesSergei KirovDiplomatic representative29 May 1920September 1920Aron SheinmanDiplomatic representativeSeptember 192025 February 1921Boris LegranDiplomatic representativeMarch 19211922
Russian Federation to Georgia (1992–2008) NameTitleAppointmentTerminationNotesAmbassador24 October 1992 21 September 1996Ambassador21 September 199624 August 2000 Vladimir GudevAmbassador24 August 2000 31 October 2002Credentials presented on 21 October 2000Ambassador31 October 20027 July 2006 Credentials presented on 27 February 2003Vyacheslav KovalenkoAmbassador7 July 20068 July 2009Credentials presented on 31 January 2007 Russo-Georgian War - Diplomatic relations interrupted (2008-present)
Heads of the Russian Interests Section (2008–present) NameAppointmentTerminationNotesAndrey Smaga5 March 20092015 Vadim Gorelov20152016 Yevgeny Koneshev25 May 2017December 2020Dmitry Trofimov10 January 2021April 2025Dmitry Olisov2 June 2025
See also List of ambassadors of Georgia to Russia
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