List of Russian envoys to the Hanseatic cities

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This is a list of the Russian envoys to the three free Hanseatic cities of Hamburg (1709 to 1914), Bremen and Lübeck (both 1827 to 1914), plus accredited to the Lower Saxony Reichskreis (until 1806) and the duchies of Oldenburg , Mecklenburg and Braunschweig (varying) .

history

Seal of the embassy

From 1510 Hamburg was a Free Imperial City , from 1806 a Free City in the Rhine Confederation, annexed by France from 1811 to 1814 , from 1815 a Free City in the German Confederation and from 1871 a federal state in the German Empire . During the July crisis of 1914, the Russian envoy was recalled from Hamburg on July 19. After the war, the Soviet Union opened a consulate general in Hamburg, which today represents the Russian Federation .

Due to the family relationships between Empress Catherine the Great and the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf , after the conclusion of the contract by Tsarskoe Selo there was a separate Russian mission for the Principality of Lübeck with its seat in Eutin from 1774 to 1798 , which began on April 27, 1798 was connected in Hamburg. The following ministers were accredited in Eutin:

The latter was resident in Hamburg from June 26, 1798.

Heads of mission

Russian envoy

1709: Establishment of diplomatic relations
Appointment /
accreditation
Recall Surname Remarks appointed
by
accredited
at
1709, Feb. 2 1731, 30th Mar. Johann-Friedrich Böttiger (* 1659; † 1739) Prime Minister Peter I.
1731, March 31 1740 Alexei Petrovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin
Алексе́й Петро́вич Бесту́жев-Рю́мин
Chancellor bestuzhev.jpg
(* 1693; † 1766) Prime Minister, 1732 envoy and plenipotentiary minister , 1736 to 1740 plus acc. in Denmark, previously envoy to Denmark from 1721 to 1731 , from 1741 Vice Chancellor, 1744 to 1766 Chancellor
Anna
1740, March 27th 1741 Johann Albrecht von Korff (* 1697; † 1766) envoy and plenipotentiary minister, previously president of the Academy of Sciences from 1734 to 1740 , envoy to Denmark from 1741 to 1746 , envoy to Sweden from 1746 to 1748 Anna
1741, Jan. 7 1748, Dec. 18 Johann Dietrich von Heinson (* 1701; † 1770) Prime Minister Ivan VI
1748, Dec. 7 1754, December 6th Alexander Michajlowitsch Golitsyn
Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Голи́цын
Le Prince Alexander Mikhailowitch Golitzyne.jpg
(* 1723; † 1807) Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary, Envoy to the United Kingdom from 1755 to 1762 , Vice Chancellor from 1762 to 1775
Elisabeth
1754, December 6th 1760, Nov. 1 Sergei Wassiljewitsch Saltykow
Сергей Васильевич Салтыков
(* 1726; † 1765) envoy and plenipotentiary minister, 1762 to 1763 ambassador to France Elisabeth
1760, Nov. 1 1766 Alexei Semyonovich Mussin-Pushkin
Алексе́й Семёнович Му́син-Пу́шкин
Musin-Pushkin AS.jpg
(* 1730; † 1817) envoy and plenipotentiary minister, previously envoy to Danzig from 1756 to 1760, ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1766 to 1779 , and envoy to Sweden from 1779 to 1785
Elisabeth
1766 1767 Johann Nilus (* 17 ??; † 17 ??) chargé Catherine II
1767, Jan. 29 1796, Jul 4 Friedrich Ulrich Gross
also: Fedor Ivanowitsch Gross
(* 1729; † 1796) Prime Minister , from 1779 envoy and plenipotentiary minister, previously from 1765 to 1766 Chargé d' affaires in the United Kingdom Catherine II
1796, Aug. 15 1798, March 9th Friedrich Melchior Grimm
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(* 1723; † 1807) Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary
Catherine II
1798, June 26 1800, Dec. 31 Ivan Muravyov-Apostol
Иван Муравьев-Апостол
Ivan Matveevich Muraviev-Apostol by D.Bossi.jpg
(* 1762; † 1851) envoy and plenipotentiary minister, previously from 1797 to 1798 minister in the Hochstift Lübeck (see above) 1799 to 1800 plus acc. in Denmark, envoy in Spain from 1802 to 1805
Paul I.
1800, Dec. 31 1806, December 3 Andreas Forsmann
also: Andrei Andrejewitsch Forsmann
(* 17 ??; † 18 ??) Chargé d'affaires, until 1803 plus acc. in Hanover , previously chargé d'affaires in Portugal from 1789 to 1796 Paul I.
1806 1810 Maximilian von Alopaeus
also: Maxim Maximowitsch Alopaeus
(* 1748; † 1821) Resident in Berlin , previously envoy to the Principality of Lübeck from 1785 to 1789 (see above), from 1789 envoy to Prussia , from 1806 to 1808 ambassador to the United Kingdom
no relationships
1815, Jul 30 1850, June 3 Heinrich von Struve (* 1772; † 1851) Chargé d' Affaires , resident minister in 1820 , envoy and honorary citizen of Hamburg in 1843 Alexander I.
1850, Jul. 1855 Gustav of Struve (* 1805; † 1870) Chargé d'affaires Nicholas I.
1855, June 8 1864, March 3. Christian Milanowitsch Kudrjawizki
Христиан Емельянович Кудрявский
(* 1814; † 1878) Chargé d'affaires, envoy in Portugal from 1864 to 1881, envoy in Spain from 1881 to 1878 Alexander II
1864, March 3. 1874, March 3. Otto Moritz von Vegesack (* 1807; † 1874) Chargé d'Affaires, 1866 Minister Resident Alexander II
1874, March 16 1880, May 20 Carl von Hoeltzke (* 18 ??; † 18 ??) chargé , 1876 Minister Resident, 1880-1882 envoy in Hesse-Darmstadt , 1882-1897 envoy in Saxony-Weimar Alexander II
1880, May 20 1883, Jan. 27 Alexander von Mengden (* 1819; † 1903) Minister resident, 1883 to 1897 envoy to Saxony Alexander II
1883 1884 vacant
1884, Sep 25 1891, Jan. 15 Arthur Cassini
Portrait of Count Cassini.jpg
(* 1835; † 1919) Chargé d'affaires , 1888 resident minister , 1891 to 1896 ambassador to China , 1898 to 1905 ambassador to the United States
Alexander III
1891, Jan. 15 1900, May 24th Alexander Vladimirovich Westmann (* 1848; † 1923) Minister resident, envoy in Switzerland from 1900 to 1902 , envoy in Bavaria from 1902 to 1912 Alexander III
1900, May 24th 1910 Sergej Vasilyevich Arseniev
Серге́й Васи́льевич Арсе́ньев
(* 1854; † 1922) Minister-resident, previously consul general in Jerusalem from 1891 to 1897 , envoy in Montenegro from 1910 to 1912, envoy in Norway from 1912 to 1914 Nicholas II
1910 1910 Moritz Prozor (* 1849; † 1928) Minister-resident, previously envoy in Saxony-Weimar from 1903 to 1904 , envoy in Brazil from 1904 to 1909 Nicholas II
1910 1914, Jul 19 Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Teremik
(* 18 ??; † 19 ??) Envoy and Minister Plenipotentiary Nicholas II
1914: Break of diplomatic relations

Russian Consule General

  • 1918–1923: Boris Kirillowitsch Jegorow

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  • 2013-today: Ivan Khotulew (* 1960)

See also

Web links

Commons : Diplomats of Russia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d Erik Amburger : "The permanent diplomatic representatives abroad". History of the Russian authorities organization: from Peter the Great to 1917 , EJ Brill, Leiden 1966, p. 451
  2. ^ A b Johann Martin Lappenberg : Journal of the Association for Hamburg History . Association for Hamburg History , Hamburg 1851, p. 431 f . ( online ).
  3. ^ A b Tobias C. Bringmann: Handbuch der Diplomatie, 1815-1963: Foreign Heads of Mission in Germany and German Heads of Mission abroad from Metternich to Adenauer . KG Saur, Munich 2012, p. 343 .
  4. Hans-Juergen Fink: The representative of an ancient friendship. Hamburger Abendblatt , August 5, 2013, accessed on December 9, 2013 .
  5. ^ Böttiger, Johann-Friedrich in the Erik Amburger database of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies , Regensburg
  6. ^ Heinson, Johann Dietrich von in the Erik Amburger database of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Research , Regensburg
  7. Isabelle Pantel: The Hamburg neutrality in the Seven Years War . LIT Verlag , Münster 2011, p. 268 ( online ).
  8. ^ Forsmann, Andrej Andreevič in the Erik Amburger database of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies , Regensburg
  9. ^ Struve, Heinrich von in the Erik Amburger database of the Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Research , Regensburg