List of ambassadors of Russia to Thailand

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Thailand is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the Prime Minister and the Government of Thailand.[1]

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Thailand
Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry
Incumbent
Yevgeny Tomikhin
since 2 November 2018
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Bangkok
StyleHis Excellency
Reports toMinister of Foreign Affairs
SeatBangkok
AppointerPresident of Russia
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
WebsiteRussian Embassy in Thailand

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Bangkok.[2] The ambassador to Thailand is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. The post of Russian Ambassador to Thailand is currently held by Yevgeny Tomikhin, incumbent since 2 November 2018.[3]

History of diplomatic relations
Main article: Russia–Thailand relations

Contacts between the Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Siam began in the early 1860s. On 19 February 1863 the Imperial Russian Navy warships Gaydamak and Novik anchored at the port of Bangkok. Siam was also one of the countries visited by explorer Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, in 1876 and 1877, during his visits to the Asia-Pacific region.[4] Relations between the two countries were particularly strong during the later nineteenth century, with Russia supporting Siam's independence in the face of European colonial expansion. Russia dispatched a naval squadron under Rear-Admiral Avraamy Aslanbegov to represent it at the centennial celebrations of the Chakri dynasty in 1882. There were royal visits between the two countries over the following years, and at the visit of King Chulalongkorn to Emperor Nicholas II in July 1897, diplomatic relations were formalised.[4] On 4 December 1897 Aleksandr Olarovsky was appointed Minister-Resident, and the consulate general of Russia was opened in Bangkok on 14 April 1898.[4]

Relations were warm into the early twentieth century, until the Russian Revolution in 1917 brought an end to the Russian Empire. Diplomatic relations were maintained during the brief period of the Russian Provisional Government, but ended after the October Revolution brought the Bolsheviks to power. Relations between the Soviet Union and Siam were established on 12 March 1941, with the two states agreeing to exchange diplomatic missions in 1947. Sergey Nemchina was appointed as Soviet representative, and the embassy in Bangkok was opened in 1948.[4] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Thai government recognized the Russian Federation as successor state of the USSR on 28 December 1991, and both countries have continued to exchange ambassadors.[4]

List of representatives (1897 - present)

Representatives of the Russian Empire to the Kingdom of Siam (1897 – 1917)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Aleksandr Olarovsky Minister-Resident (until 1906)
Plenipotentiary Minister (after 1906)		 4 December 1897 9 July 1907
Aleksandr Yakovlev Minister-Resident 10 August 1907 April 1909
Georgy Planson Plenipotentiary Minister 25 January 1910 6 May 1916
Iosif Loris-Melikov Plenipotentiary Minister 6 May 1916 2 March 1917

Representatives of the Russian Provisional Government to the Kingdom of Siam (1917)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Iosif Loris-Melikov Plenipotentiary Minister 3 April 1917 26 November 1917

Representatives of the Soviet Union to Siam/Thailand (1947 - 1991)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Sergey Nemchina Envoy 3 July 1947 19 December 1950
Fyodor Dolya Envoy 19 December 1950 5 January 1956
Ivan Yakushin Envoy (until 30 June 1956)
Ambassador (after 30 June 1956)		 21 February 1956 12 August 1960
Anatoly Nikolayev Ambassador 12 August 1960 30 July 1965
Mikhail Volkov Ambassador 30 July 1965 24 July 1969
Anatoly Rozanov Ambassador 22 January 1970 6 March 1974
Boris Ilichev Ambassador 6 March 1974 22 June 1978
Yuri Kuznetsov Ambassador 22 June 1978 17 October 1984
Valentin Kasatkin Ambassador 17 October 1984 22 October 1987
Anatoly Valkov Ambassador 22 October 1987 21 March 1991
Oleg Bostorin Ambassador 21 March 1991 25 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to Thailand (1991 - present)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Oleg Bostorin Ambassador 26 December 1991 6 September 1997
Valery Malygin Ambassador 6 September 1997 29 January 2001
Yevgeny Ostrovenko Ambassador 29 January 2001 9 November 2004
Yevgeny Afanasiyev Ambassador 9 November 2004 3 February 2010
Aleksandr Mariyasov Ambassador 3 February 2010 25 August 2014
Kirill Barsky Ambassador 25 August 2014 2 November 2018
Yevgeny Tomikhin Ambassador 2 November 2018

References
  1. "Photos of Russian Ambassadors in Thailand". Embassy of Russia in Bangkok. Archived from the original on 27 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
  2. "EMBASSY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. "Address of the Ambassador". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. "History of bilateral relations". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia). Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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