List of ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Czechoslovakia

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to Czechoslovakia was the official representative of the General Secretary and the Government of the Soviet Union to the President and the Government of Czechoslovakia.

Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to Czechoslovakia
Emblem of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Prague
StyleHis Excellency
ResidencePrague

The position of Soviet ambassador to Czechoslovakia lasted from the first establishment of relations in 1922, until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Representation was maintained between the Czechoslovakian state and the Soviet Union's successor, the Russian Federation, until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993. Thereafter the Russian Federation has maintained relations with both successor states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and has ambassadors to both.

History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic exchanges between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia began with the formal establishment of relations on 5 June 1922, after the formation of the First Czechoslovak Republic, which had declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. The first Soviet representative, Pavel Mostovenko, was appointed on 9 December 1922.[1] On 9 June 1934 relations were upgraded to the level of missions, with Sergey Aleksandrovsky serving as plenipotentiary from that date. Relations were interrupted on 16 March 1939 with the German occupation of Czechoslovakia.[1]

With the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, the USSR entered the Second World War on the side of the Allies. Following the reestablishment of relations on 18 July 1941, Viktor Lebedev was duly accredited to the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London on 24 October 1943 .[2] Relations were maintained after the war, during which period the Third Czechoslovak Republic and then the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic were formed. With the repudiation of communism, the country officially became the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic in 1990. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, a new ambassador, Aleksandr Lebedev, was appointed as representative of the Russian Federation.[2] He continued as ambassador until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia and its separation into the states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Lebedev continued to as representative to the Czech Republic until 1996, while a new ambassador, Sergey Yastrzhembsky, was appointed Russian ambassador to Slovakia in June 1993.

List of representatives (1922– 1993)

Representatives of the Soviet Union to Czechoslovakia (1922 – 1991)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Pavel Mostovenko Diplomatic representative 9 December 1922 14 February 1923
Konstantin Yurenev Diplomatic representative 14 February 1923 3 March 1924
Otto Aussem Diplomatic representative 1924 1924
Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko Diplomatic representative 23 June 1924 13 December 1928
Aleksandr Arosev Diplomatic representative 2 March 1929 4 June 1933
Sergey Aleksandrovsky Diplomatic representative
Plenipotentiary (after 9 June 1934)		 4 June 1933 16 March 1939
Viktor Lebedev Ambassador 24 October 1943 6 January 1945
Valerian Zorin Ambassador 22 March 1945 7 March 1948
Mikhail Silin Ambassador 7 March 1948 26 October 1951
Anatoly Lavrentiev Ambassador 26 October 1951 7 July 1952
Aleksandr Bogomolov Ambassador 7 July 1952 23 January 1954
Nikolay Firyubin Ambassador 23 January 1954 23 August 1955
Ivan Grishin Ambassador 11 December 1955 20 February 1960
Mikhail Zimyanin Ambassador 20 February 1960 8 April 1965
Stepan Chervonenko Ambassador 8 April 1965 27 April 1973
Vladimir Matskevich Ambassador 27 April 1973 6 February 1980
Aleksandr Botvin Ambassador 6 February 1980 26 April 1984
Viktor Lomakin Ambassador 26 April 1984 14 May 1990
Boris Pankin Ambassador 14 May 1990 29 August 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to Czechoslovakia (1991 – 1993)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Aleksandr Lebedev Ambassador 25 December 1991 1 January 1993

References
  1. Полномочное представительство РСФСР - СССР в Чехословакии (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  2. "Archived copy" Миссия - Посольство СССР в Чехословакии (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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