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A late-19th century photo of the building purchased by Lobanov-Rostovsky in 1891, and which still houses the Embassy of Russia in Vienna.

Russian–Austrian contacts began with Frederick III in 1436, and towards the end of the 15th century, Emperor Maximilian II and Ivan III exchanged diplomatic missions. Regular Russian communications with the Austrian court began in 1698, when Peter the Great led the Grand Embassy to Vienna and met with Kaiser Leopold I.[1] Since Peter the Great's reign, the ambassadors to Vienna have been typically senior government officials and experienced Russian diplomats, which have included Dmitry Golitsyn, Andrey Razumovsky, Alexander Gorchakov and Mikhail Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin.[2]

The first ambassador to the Austrian capital was Prince Dmitriy Vladimirovich Golitsyn, where during the period 1763 to 1792 he served for 18 years. Gallitzinstraße, the street where his ambassadorial villa was located is named after him. In 1792 Count Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky became ambassador in Vienna, where he kept contact with representatives of the European aristocracy, politicians and artists. While in Vienna, he built the Palais Rasumofsky, and also financed construction of a stone bridge across the Danube. As a patron of the arts, Razumovsky established an art gallery, and commissioned Beethoven to compose the famous Razumovsky string quartets.[2][3]

Austria is closely linked to the fate of prominent Russian diplomat and statesman Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov. He arrived in Vienna in 1833 as an adviser to the embassy, and from 1854 to 1856 he led the Russian diplomatic mission. Gorchakov became Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Austrian court at the most difficult period for Russia during the Crimean War, during which time he was able to preserve diplomatic relations with Austria and helped to overcome the international isolation of the Russian Empire and reinforced Russia's status as a great power. The Vienna Conference in 1855 was the first presence of Gorchakov in an international forum, and his performance in representing Russia at the Paris Conference of 1856 saw Alexander II appoint him as Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs.[2]

In 1882, scientist and diplomat Prince Aleksey Borisovich Lobanov-Rostovsky was appointed as the Empire's representative in Vienna. In 1891 he bought several houses on Reisnerstraße from Adolphe I, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, the former Duke of Nassau, which still houses the embassy and consular section in Vienna, and he also began construction of the Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral.[2]

After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in 1918 and the proclamation of the First Austrian Republic, diplomatic relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics were established on 25 February 1924. The first Soviet Plenipotentiary in Vienna was Yan Antonovich Berzin. Diplomatic relations were broken in March 1938 after the German invasion of Austria and its incorporation into Nazi Germany.[2] After the Second World War, the USSR and Austria re-established diplomatic relations at the level of political representation, which in 1953 was converted into embassies. The preamble of the Austrian State Treaty, signed on 15 May 1955 by the USSR, United States, United Kingdom, France and Austria, established that the treaty formed the basis of Soviet relations with Austria.[2][4]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, relations continued between the Russian Federation and the Austrian state.[2]

Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the Archduchy of Austria

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Dmitry Mikhailovich Golitsyn Ambassador October 1761 April 1792
Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky Ambassador 5 October 1801 10 August 1804
Source: Embassy of Russia in Vienna.[5]
            Worldwide Historical Project[6]

Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the Austrian Empire

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Razumovsky AndreyAndrey Kirillovich Razumovsky Ambassador 11 August 1804 7 September 1806
Gustav Ernst Graf von Stackelberg Ambassador 14 May 1810 9 November 1818
Yury Aleksandrovich Golovkin Envoy 9 November 1818 16 September 1822
Dmitry Pavlovich Tatishchev Ambassador 22 August 1826 11 September 1841
Pavel Ivanovich Medem Envoy 24 December 1848 31 August 1850
Pyotr Kazimirovich Meyendorf Envoy 31 August 1850 7 January 1854
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Gorchakov Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 6 May 1854 15 April 1856
Vitkor Petrovich Balabin Envoy 22 July 1860 12 August 1864
Ernest Gustavovich Stackelberg Envoy 3 August 1864 28 May 1867
Source: Embassy of Russia in Vienna.[5]
            Worldwide Historical Project[6]

Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Ernest Gustavovich Stackelberg Envoy 29 May 1867 25 April 1868
Nikolay Alekseyevich Orlov Envoy 13 December 1869 2 May 1870
Yevgeny Petrovich Novikov Ambassador 2 March 1874 22 December 1879
Pavel Petrovich Ubri Ambassador 22 December 1879 1 June 1882
Aleksey Borisovich Lobanov-Rostovsky Ambassador 13 July 1882 6 January 1895
Pyotr Alekseyevich Kapnist Ambassador 9 April 1895 1904
Lev Pavlovich Urusov Ambassador 1905 1910
Source: Embassy of Russia in Vienna.[5]
            Worldwide Historical Project[6]

Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the Federal State of Austria

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Voldemar Khristianovich Aussem Plenipotentiary Representative 21 May 1924 10 December 1924
Adolf Abramovich Ioffe Plenipotentiary Representative 12 December 1924 19 June 1925
Yan Antonovich Berzin Plenipotentiary 19 June 1925 7 September 1927
Konstantin Konstantinovich Yurenev Plenipotentiary 1 October 1927 24 January 1933
Adolf Markovich Petrovsky Plenipotentiary 1 April 1933 10 November 1934
Ivan Leopoldovich Lorents Plenipotentiary 17 March 1935 31 September 1938
Source: Embassy of Russia in Vienna.[5]
            Worldwide Historical Project[7]

Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to the Republic of Austria

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Ivan Ivanovich Ilyichev Supreme Commissar of the USSR
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary[8]		 13 June 1953
27 May 1955		 26 May 1955
31 March 1956
Andrey Andreyevich Smirnov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 31 March 1956 14 October 1956
Sergey Georgiyevich Lapin Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 19 October 1956 16 June 1960
Viktor Ivanovich Avilov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 16 June 1960 13 June 1965
Boris Fedorovich Podtserob Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 30 June 1965 20 September 1971
Averky Borisovich Aristov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 20 September 1971 11 July 1973
Mikhail Timofeyevich Yefremov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 10 March 1975 24 October 1986
Gennady Serafimovich Shikin Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 24 October 1986 24 May 1990
Valery Nikolayevich Popov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 24 May 1990 25 December 1991
Source: Embassy of Russia in Vienna.[5]
            Worldwide Historical Project[7]

Ambassadors of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Austria

Name Photo Title Date from Date until
Valery Nikolayevich Popov Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 25 December 1991 30 August 1996
Vladimir Mikhailovich Grinin Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 30 August 1996 29 April 2000
Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Golovin Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 4 August 2000 6 August 2004
Stanislav Viliorovich Osadchy Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 14 September 2004 Present
Source: Embassy of Russia in Vienna.[5]
            Worldwide Historical Project[9]

References

  1. ^ Vehse, Eduard (1856). "The Visit of Peter the Great to Vienna in 1698". Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria. Vol. II. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. pp. 67–72. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Template:Ru icon "Краткая история Российско-австрийских дипломатических отношений". Embassy of Russia in Vienna. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  3. ^ Abraham, Gerald (1982). The Age of Beethoven, 1790-1830. Oxford University Press. p. 288. ISBN 019316308X.
  4. ^ "State Treaty (with annexes and maps) for the re-establish ment of an independent and democratic Austria" (PDF). Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, France and Austria. 15 May 1955. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Template:Ru icon "Послы России в Австрии". Embassy of Russia in Vienna. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  6. ^ a b c Template:Ru icon "Представители Российской Империи В Других Странах". Worldwide Historical Project. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  7. ^ a b Template:Ru icon "Послы Союза Советских Социалистических Республик В Странах Европы". Worldwide Historical Project. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  8. ^ Khrushchev, Sergey (2007). "Before and After the Peace Treaty with Austria". Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev. Penn State Press. pp. 28–29. ISBN 0271029358. Ivan Ivanovich Ilyichev (1905-83) was the first ambassador of the USSR to postwar Austria in 1955-56... Prior to this he was...supreme commissar of the USSR in Austria (1953-1955).
  9. ^ Template:Ru icon "Послы Российской Федерации В Странах Европы". Worldwide Historical Project. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

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