French Embassy in Moscow

	French Embassy Moscow
State level	bilateral
Position of the authority	Embassy
Supervisory authority (s)	Foreign Ministry
Headquarters	Moscow
ambassador	Sylvie Bermann
Website	ru.ambafrance.org

The new embassy building

The French Embassy in Moscow is the diplomatic representation of France in the Russian Federation.

location

The embassy is located in the administrative district centers in the district of Moscow Yakimanka on the Large-Yakimanka Street (Большая Якиманка) 43-45.

history

The French embassy in Russia was located in Saint Petersburg until diplomatic relations between France and Soviet Russia were broken off in 1918 . After relations were restored in 1924, the embassy in Moscow was opened. From 1938 it was based in the Igumnow mansion on Grosse Jakimanka Street in the historical Samoskvorechye district . This house (Great Jakimanka 43) was built in 1895 by the architect Nikolai Posdeew, at that time one of the most important architects of the city of Yaroslavl , on behalf of the merchant Nikolai Igumnov . The magnificent building, built in the pseudo-Russian style from Dutch bricks, is now a cultural monument of federal importance . After diplomatic relations were broken off again in July 1941, the diplomatic mission was reopened on December 9, 1944 by Charles de Gaulle . Among other things, he honored pilots of the Normandy- Nyemen squadron with war medals; A plaque on the facade was dedicated to this event in 2004. In 1979, a new embassy building (No. 45) was built next to the Igumnow House by the architect Josef Belmont; Since then, the Igumnow House has served as the ambassador's residence and as a residential building for other employees (the house has more than 40 rooms). Between 2008 and 2014 the Igumnow House was extensively restored.