The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of India is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the president and the government of India.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in New Delhi. There are consulates-general in Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai.
The post of Russian ambassador to India is currently held by , incumbent since 12 January 2022.
History of diplomatic relations
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the Dominion of India were formally established with the opening of embassies on 13 April 1947. The first ambassador, , was appointed on 23 October 1947, and presented his credentials on 1 January 1948. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet ambassador, Anatoly Dryukov, continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1996.
List of representatives (1947–present) Soviet Union to the Dominion of India (1947–1950) NameTitleAppointmentCredentialsTerminationNotesAmbassador23 October 19471 January 19481950
Soviet Union to the Republic of India (1950–1991) NameTitleAppointmentCredentialsTerminationNotesAmbassador195029 April 1953Ivan BenediktovAmbassador29 April 19534 July 19531 September 1953Ambassador1 September 19532 November 195326 October 1957Panteleimon PonomarenkoAmbassador26 October 195719 December 195722 April 1959Ivan BenediktovAmbassador22 April 195927 June 195912 April 1967Nikolai PegovAmbassador12 April 196714 September 196726 April 1973Acting Ambassador19731974Ambassador2 January 197421 January 197424 December 1977Yuli VorontsovAmbassador24 December 19773 April 197820 January 1983Vasily RykovAmbassador21 January 19835 April 198326 August 1988Ambassador26 August 198815 July 1991Anatoly DryukovAmbassador15 July 199125 December 1991
Russian Federation to the Republic of India (1991–present) NameTitleAppointmentCredentialsTerminationNotesAnatoly DryukovAmbassador25 December 19911 May 1996Ambassador1 May 199611 November 1999Alexander KadakinAmbassador11 November 199929 July 2004Vyacheslav TrubnikovAmbassador29 July 200427 October 2009Alexander KadakinAmbassador27 October 200920 November 200926 January 2017Ambassador18 August 201712 January 2022 Ambassador12 January 2022
See also Foreign relations of India Ambassadors of Russia
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