Consulate General of Russia, Houston explained

Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Houston
Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Хьюстоне
Address:1333 West Loop South, Suite 1300
Location:Houston, Texas, United States

The Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Houston (Russian: Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Хьюстоне) General'noe konsul'stvo Rossiyskoy Federatsii v Kh'yustone) is Russia's diplomatic office in Houston, Texas, United States. It is located in Suite 1300 at Park Towers South.

The facility serves Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. ." Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Houston. Accessed October 12, 2012.

History

In October 2001 the U.S. and Russia formally agreed to establish a Houston consulate. The Russian government approved the establishment on February 12, 2003. On May 9 of that year the United States Department of State confirmed the appointment of the consul general. The facility opened on August 4, 2004.[1]

Russia opened a consulate in Houston due to the proximity to aerospace and petroleum industries. In a 2004 Houston Chronicle article Nikolai V. Sofinskiy, the first consul general, stated that the Houston area had around 40,000 Russian speakers and that Houston's consulate could easily serve the southeastern United States.[2] [3]

Consuls-General of Russia in Houston

!Name!Date
Nikolay Vsevolodovich Sofinskiy (born 10 February 1958)[4] 2003—2008
Nikolay Yevgenyevich Babich (born 22 December 1948)[5] 2008—2011
Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (born 18 February 1960)[6] 2011—2017
Alexander Borisovich Pisarev (born 16 May 1956)[7] 20172020
Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (2nd term)2020September 2023

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Notes and References

  1. " THE HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL ." Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Houston. Accessed October 12, 2012.
  2. Lezon, Dale. "Energy, space draw Russian consulate here." Houston Chronicle. May 26, 2004. A21 MetFront. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
  3. Miller, Doug. "Russian Consulate coming to Houston." KHOU-TV. May 25, 2004. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
  4. http://www.ln.mid.ru/dip_vest.nsf/19c2fdee616f12e54325688e00486a45/357f620f08396856c3256e36004cc830?OpenDocument Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments
  5. http://www.rusconshouston.org/eng_consul_general.htm Consulate General of Russia in Houston, information about the Consul General
  6. http://www.mid.ru/activity/shots/new_appointments/-/asset_publisher/2TDCzbl45VHK/content/id/612837 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments
  7. http://www.mid.ru/activity/shots/new_appointments/-/asset_publisher/2TDCzbl45VHK/content/id/2814304 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments