List of ambassadors of Germany to Russia

Ambassador of Germany to Russia
Deutscher Botschafter in Russland
since 2023
ResidenceMoscow

Ambassadors

Ambassador of the German Empire to the Russian Empire (1871–1914)

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Heinrich VII, Prince Reuss of Köstritz 1868 1876
Hans Lothar von Schweinitz 1876 1891 [1]
Bernhard von Werder 1892 1895 [2]
Hugo Fürst von Radolin 1895 1901 [3]
Friedrich Johann von Alvensleben 1901 1905 [4]
Wilhelm von Schoen 1905 1907 [5]
Friedrich von Pourtalès 1907 1914

Interruption due to World War I. Both the German Empire and Russian Empire was dissolved soon after.

German Ambassadors to the Soviet Union (1918–1991)

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Wilhelm von Mirbach 1918 1918 Assassinated in Moscow by Left Socialist-Revolutionaries.[6]
Vacant 1918 1921
Kurt Wiedenfeld 1921 1922 [7]
Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau 1922 1928 [8]
Herbert von Dirksen 1928 1933 [9]
Rudolf Nadolny 1933 1934 [10]
Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg 1934 1941 [11]
Interruption in relations due to World War II and the Occupation of Germany. Ambassadors listed here until 1991 were from West Germany.
Wilhelm Haas 1956 1958 First ambassador since the re-establishment of diplomatic relations.[12]
Hans Kroll 1958 1962
Horst Groepper 1962 1966 [13]
Gebhardt von Walther 1966 1968
Helmut Allardt 1968 1972 [14]
Ulrich Sahm 1972 1977
Hans-Georg Wieck 1977 1980 [15]
Andreas Meyer-Landrut 1980 1983 [16]
Hansjörg Kastl 1983 1987
Andreas Meyer-Landrut 1987 1989 [17]
Klaus Blech 1989 1993

Ambassadors of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Russian Federation (1993–present)

Name Image Term Start Term End Notes
Otto von der Gablentz 1993 1995
Ernst-Jörg von Studnitz 1995 2002 [18]
Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz 2002 2005 [19]
Walter Jürgen Schmid 2005 2010
Ulrich Brandenburg 2010 2013 [20]
Rüdiger Freiherr von Fritsch 2014 2019 [21]
Géza Andreas von Geyr 2019 2023 [22]
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff 2023 Present [23]

See also

References

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  22. ^ Amt, Auswärtiges. "Botschafter Dr. Géza Andreas von Geyr". Startseite (in German). Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  23. ^ "Germany confirms new ambassador to Russia – DW – 06/21/2023". dw.com. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
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