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Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Russia
Coat of arms of Austria
since 2021
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Embassy of Austria, Moscow
StyleHis Excellency
WebsiteAustrian Embassy, Moscow

The Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Russia is the Republic of Austria's foremost diplomatic representative in Russia. As head of Austria's diplomatic mission there, the ambassador is the official representative of the president and government of Austria to the Russian Federation. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and the embassy is located in Moscow.[1]

History

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From 1880 to 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Embassy was Sergejewskaja 10, Saint Petersburg, 1914.

In 1703, Peter I founded Saint Petersburg, which was the capital of the Russian Empire from 1710 to 1918. Until 1880, the Austrian embassy was located there at 102 Fontanka River Embankment, (Anglijskaja Nabereschnaja, English Quay).

On 6 August 1914, Franz Joseph I declared war on Tsar Nicholas II and Denmark became a protecting power in Russia.

At the beginning of July 1918, Consul General Georg de Pottere [de] (1875–1951) was sent to Moscow "to settle the questions of the resumption of Russian public debt service left open in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk." The negotiations ended in the last days of July. On 11 July 1918, the Moscow government granted the agreement to Otto von Franz, who was appointed ambassador to Moscow on 6 August 1918. Neither Georg de Pottere nor Otto von Franz took office before 9 November 1918.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990/91, the ambassador was responsible for almost all successor states but were, eventually replaced by new embassies. As of 2015, the official area consists of Belarus and the Russian Federation ("Russia"), the Austrian Embassy in Moscow also entrusts Armenia (which has had an ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2012), and Uzbekistan in its consular district.[1]

Heads of Mission

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1700: Establishment of diplomatic relations[2]

Appointed /
Accredited 		Name Title/notes Appointed during Accredited during Left post
1526 Habsburg monarchyHabsburg monarchy Austria →  Russia
June 20, 1721 Stephan Wilhelm Kinsky Charles VI Peter I July 28, 1722
July 28, 1722 Nicolaus von Hochholzer Chargé d'affaires December 21, 1725
December 21, 1725 Amadeus de Bussy-Rabutin Catherine I August 30, 1727
August 30, 1727 Lorenz von Caramé Chargé d'affaires June 26, 1728
June 26, 1728 Franz Wratislaw Peter II September 28, 1732
September 28, 1732 Nikolaus von Hochholzer Anna August 11, 1734
August 11, 1734 Johann Franz Heinrich Carl von Ostein December 17, 1738
December 17, 1738 Antoniotto Botta Adorno October 9, 1742
December 26, 1742 Nikolaus von Hochholzer Maria Theresa Elizabeth June 22, 1744
June 22, 1744 Philipp von Orsini-Rosenberg September 1, 1745
October 30, 1745 Nikolaus von Hochholzer February 24, 1746
February 24, 1746 Johann Franz von Pretlack Ambassador May 19, 1748
May 20, 1748 Josef Bernes Ambassador April 17, 1751
September 18, 1751 Johann Franz von Pretlack Ambassador January 10, 1753
April 16, 1753 Nikolaus Esterházy de Galantha Ambassador May 22, 1761
June 15, 1761 Florimond Claude von Mercy-Argenteau Ambassador October 6, 1763
November 3, 1763 Joseph Maria Karl von Lobkowitz Catherine II May 25, 1777
June 15, 1777 Josef von Kaunitz-Rietberg September 12, 1779
October 24, 1779 Johann Ludwig von Cobenzl April 25, 1784
April 25, 1784 Ambassador Joseph II May 17, 1800
May 17, 1800 Johann Locatelli Chargé d'affaires Paul I August 18, 1801
August 18, 1801 Franz von Saurau Ambassador Francis II Alexander I October 16, 1802
October 16, 1802 Josef von Hudelist Chargé d'affaires April 28, 1803
April 28, 1803 Johann Philipp von Stadion Ambassador October 1, 1805
1804 Habsburg monarchyHabsburg monarchy Austria →  Russia
October 1, 1805 Teodoro Sanchez d’Aguilar Chargé d'affaires in Riga August 14, 1806
August 14, 1806 Maximilian von Merveldt Ambassador May 2, 1808
1806 Karl Binder von Krieglstein Chargé d'affaires
December 27, 1808 Karl Philipp zu Schwarzenberg Ambassador May 28, 1809
1808 Interruption of relations
October 26, 1809 Josef von Saint-Julien June 23, 1812
1809 Position vacant
June 6, 1815 Johann von Provost Chargé d'affaires April 19, 1816
April 19, 1816 Ludwig von Lebzeltern
1816 Heinrich von Bombelles Chargé d'affaires
June 10, 1827 Stephan Zichy Ambassador Nicholas I June 21, 1828
1827 Maximilian von Kaiserfeld Chargé d'affaires
January 17, 1829 Karl Ludwig von Ficquelmont Ambassador August 2, 1840
1829 Otto von Meysenbug Chargé d'affaires
1843 Franz de Paula von Colloredo-Wallsee Ferdinand I 1847
November 29, 1848 Karl Ferdinand von Buol-Schauenstein Franz Joseph I. February 13, 1851
1848 Eduard von Lebzelten-Collenbach Chargé d'affaires
February 13, 1851 Franz von Colloredo-Wallsee Ambassador
1851 Eduard von Lebzelten-Collenbach Chargé d'affaires
April 29, 1852 Alexander von Mensdorff-Pouilly November 5, 1853
November 5, 1853 Valentin von Esterházy November 2, 1858
1853 Emmerich Széchényi Chargé d'affaires
November 14, 1859 Friedrich von Thun und Hohenstein Alexander II December 26, 1862
1859 Friedrich Revertera von Salandra Chargé d'affaires
July 18, 1864 April 14, 1868
1864 Albin von Vetsera Chargé d'affaires
1867 Austria-Hungary →  Russia
October 14, 1869 Boguslaw Chotek von Chotkow September 11, 1871
September 18, 1871 Ferdinand von Langenau Ambassador from 4 March 1874 January 12, 1880
January 26, 1880 Gustav Kálnoky Ambassador November 20, 1881
1880 Konstantin von Trauttenberg Chargé d'affaires
March 8, 1882 Anton von Wolkenstein-Trostburg Ambassador Alexander III October 28, 1894
1882 Franz I von und zu Liechtenstein Chargé d'affaires
1884 Anton von Wolkenstein-Trostburg
1884 Franz I von und zu Liechtenstein 1898
January 26, 1899 Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal October 24, 1906
December 28, 1906 Leopold Berchtold Ambassador Nicholas II March 25, 1911
March 25, 1911 Douglas von Thurn und Valsássina Ambassador October 1, 1913
October 1, 1913 Friedrich von Szápáry Ambassador August 6, 1914
1918  Austria →  Soviet Union
1924 Otto Pohl Rudolf Ramek Mikhail Kalinin 1927
1945 Karl Waldbrunner Leopold Figl May 1946
May 1946 Karl Braunias Nikolai Shvernik November 1946
November 1946 Norbert Bischoff
1960 Heinrich Haymerle Julius Raab Leonid Brezhnev 1964
1964 Walter Wodak Josef Klaus Anastas Mikoyan 1970
1970 Heinrich Haymerle Bruno Kreisky Nikolai Podgorny 1974
1975 Heinz Standenat
1978 Gerald Hinteregger Leonid Brezhnev 1981
1981 Helmut Liedermann 1986
1985 Herbert Grubmayr Fred Sinowatz Andrei Gromyko
1991  Austria →  Russia
1992 Friedrich Bauer Franz Vranitzky Boris Yeltsin September 24, 1995
1999 Franz Cede Viktor Klima Vladimir Putin 2003
2003 Martin Vukovich Wolfgang Schüssel 2009
2009 Margot Klestil-Löffler Ambassador Werner Faymann Dmitry Medvedev 2014
January 19, 2015 Emil Brix Vladimir Putin 2017
December 11, 2017 Johannes Eigner 2021
2021 Werner Almhofer

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Österreich, Außenministerium der Republik. "Österreichische Botschaft Moskau". www.bmeia.gv.at (in Austrian German). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  2. ^ Matsch, Erwin (1986). Der Auswärtige Dienst von Österreich(-Ungarn) 1720-1920 (in German). Böhlau Verlag. p. 120f. ISBN 978-3-205-07269-0. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
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