List of ambassadors of Russia to China

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China (PRC) is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of China.

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China
Emblem of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Incumbent
Andrey Denisov
since 22 April 2013
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Russia in Beijing
StyleHis Excellency
ResidenceBeijing
AppointerPresident of Russia
Term lengthAt the pleasure of the President
DeputyIvan Zhelokhovtsev (Deputy head of mission)
WebsiteEmbassy of Russia in China

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Beijing.[1] There are consulates general in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenyang and Hong Kong.[1] The post of Russian Ambassador to China is currently held by Andrey Denisov, incumbent since 22 April 2013.[2]

History of diplomatic relations
Main articles: China–Russia relations, History of Sino-Russian relations, Sino-Soviet relations, and Sino-Russian relations since 1991

Diplomatic exchanges between Russia and China began in the seventeenth century, with the occasional dispatch of embassies and missions. One of the earliest was that of Fyodor Baykov in the 1650s. Relations were put on a more permenent footing with the opening of the Russian mission in Peking in 1860. Relations were interrupted by the Russian Revolution in 1917, and with the Bolshevik seizure of power, the existing missions in China ceased to be recognised by the Soviets. They nevertheless continued to operate on behalf of Russian émigrés into the 1920s. Diplomatic relations were established between the Soviet Union and the Republic of China, with the visit of representatives from 1921, before being broken off briefly between 1929 and 1932. The mission was raised to the level of an embassy in 1941, and continued after the establishment of the People's Republic of China. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, diplomatic relations have continued between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation.

List of representatives (1658 – present)

Representatives of the Tsardom of Russia to China (1658 – 1721)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Fyodor Baykov Chief of mission 1658 1658
Nikolai Spathari 1675 1678
Lev Izmailov 16 June 1719 13 March 1721

Representatives of the Russian Empire to China (1721 – 1912)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Ivan Lang Resident 2 March 1721 August 1722
Sava Vladislavich 1725 1728
Vasily Bratishchev Chief of mission 30 May 1756 4 October 1757
Ivan Kropotov 1762 1763
Yury Golovkin Ambassador 17 February 1805 1807
Yevfimy Putyatin Envoy 1857 1858
Nikolai Ignatyev Special Envoy 1859 1861
Lev Ballyuzek Resident Minister 1861 1863
Aleksandr Vlangali Envoy 30 November 1863 5 October 1873
Yevgeny Byutsov Chargé d'affaires 21 April 1869 October 1870
Aleksandr Koyander 5 October 1873 23 March 1874
Yevgeny Byutsov Envoy 23 March 1874 10 November 1882
Aleksandr Koyander Chargé d'affaires 31 March 1878 8 April 1881
Karl Weber Envoy 10 November 1882 15 October 1883
Sergei Popov 15 October 1883 19 March 1886
Nikolai Ladyzhensky Chargé d'affaires 19 March 1886 23 November 1886
Aleksey Kumani Envoy 23 November 1886 1 April 1890
Konstantin Kleimenov 1 April 1890 September 1891
Arthur Cassini 17 November 1891 3 October 1896
Aleksandr Pavlov Chargé d'affaires 3 October 1896 24 November 1898
Alexey Shpeyer Envoy 6 November 1897 8 June 1898
Mikhail von Giers 24 November 1898 29 September 1901
Pavel Lessar 29 September 1901 1 March 1905
Georgy Planson Chargé d'affaires 27 November 1902 February 1903
Grigory Kozakov Envoy April 1905 May 1905
Dmitry Pokotilov May 1905 7 March 1908
Yevgeny Golubev Chargé d'affaires 8 March 1908 30 August 1908
Ivan Korostovets Envoy 30 August 1908 1912
Mikhail Shchekin Chargé d'affaires 2 June 1910 22 September 1910

Representatives of the Russian Empire to the Republic of China (1912 – 1917)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Vasily Krupensky Envoy 1912 1916
Nikolai Kudashev 1916 26 November 1917 Continued as de facto representative until 1920

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Republic of China (1921 – 1949)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Aleksandr Paykes Diplomatic representative December 1921 1922
Adolph Joffe 6 July 1922 3 June 1923
Lev Karakhan 3 June 1924 10 September 1926
Aleksey Chernykh 1926 1927
Diplomatic relations interrupted (1927 - 1932)
Dmitry Bogomolov Diplomatic representative 20 February 1933 7 October 1937
Ivan Luganets-Orelsky 23 November 1937 10 July 1939
Alexander Panyushkin Diplomatic representative
Ambassador after 9 May 1941		 28 August 1939 3 April 1945
Apollon Petrov Ambassador 3 April 1945 25 February 1948
Nikolai Roshchin 25 February 1948 2 October 1949

Representatives of the Soviet Union to the People's Republic of China (1949 – 1991)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Nikolai Roshchin Ambassador 2 October 1949 13 June 1952
Alexander Panyushkin 13 June 1952 10 March 1953
Vasili Kuznetsov 10 March 1953 3 December 1953
Pavel Yudin 3 December 1953 15 October 1959
Stepan Chervonenko 15 October 1959 13 April 1965
Sergey Lapin 13 April 1965 12 April 1967
Vasily Tolstikov 16 October 1970 24 July 1978
Ilya Shcherbakov 24 July 1978 11 March 1986
Oleg Troyanovsky 11 March 1986 7 August 1990
Nikolai Solovyov 7 August 1990 25 December 1991

Representatives of the Russian Federation to the People's Republic of China (1991 – present)
Name Title Appointment Termination Notes
Nikolai Solovyov Ambassador 25 December 1991 24 January 1992
Igor Rogachyov 24 January 1992 10 June 2005
Sergey Razov 10 June 2005 21 April 2013
Andrey Denisov 22 April 2013

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References
  1. "Embassy". Embassy of Russia in Beijing. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. "Senior Diplomats". Embassy of Russia in Beijing. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. Wolfgang Bartke, GIGA, The diplomatic service of the People's Republic of China as of November 1984, , 1984
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