List of ambassadors of Greece to Russia explained

Post:	Ambassador
Body:	Greece to Russia
Native Name:	Греческий посланник в России
Insignia:	Coat of arms of Greece.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Coat of Arms of Greece
Incumbent:	Ekaterini Ksagorari
Inaugural:	Michael Soutzos

The Greek Ambassador to Russia is the ambassador of the Greek government to the government of Russia.

Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Greek language	Russian language	Observations	List of prime ministers of Greece	List of prime ministers of Russia	Term end
	Michael Soutzos				Ioannis Kolettis	Nicholas I of Russia
	Constantino Zografos		Зографос Константинос	(* born in 1796, dies in 1856) Otto I of Greece was forced to trust in 1837 the highest political authority, Foreign Affairs, to a Greek, the then ambassador in Constantinople, Constantino Zografos. But he resigned in March 1840.^[1]	Antonios Kriezis	Nicholas I of Russia
	Ioannis Soutsos		Сутсос Иоаннис		Dimitrios Voulgaris	Alexander II of Russia
	Ioannis Soutsos		Сутсос Иоаннис	Ambassador	Athanasios Miaoulis	Alexander II of Russia
	Andreas Metaxas				Alexandros Koumoundouros	Alexander II of Russia
				Chargé d'affaires	Thrasyvoulos Zaimis	Alexander II of Russia
	Dimitrios Bountouris		Бунтурис Димитриос		Alexandros Koumoundouros	Alexander II of Russia
					Dimitrios Voulgaris	Alexander II of Russia
	Spyridon Markoras	Σπυρίδων Μαρκοράς	Маркорас Спиридон	Chargé d'affaires	Charilaos Trikoupis	Alexander II of Russia
	Mavrokordatos Nikolaos		Маврокордатос Николаос	He was a son of Alexander Mavrokordatou and Harikleia Argyropoulou. He studied laws in Athens and Paris. In August 1858 he was appointed second secretary of the Greek embassy in Istanbul. From 1866 to 1869 he was Prefect of Corfu. He was then elected deputy with the TRIKOUPI party and served as Minister of Religious Education and public in the government Trikoupi 1878 and the government of 1880. From 1882 to 1885 he was Greek Ambassador to France Paris. From 1886 to 1889 he was Ambassador in Saint Petersburg. From 1889 to 1902 he was Greek Ambassador to Turkey (Constantinople). In 1895 he participated in the negotiations of the London agreement. In 1897 he signed as Greece's representative peace treaty in Istanbul between Greece and Turkey. *In 1902 he resigned as re-elected deputy ambassador. In case of resignation of Alejandro Zaimis considered as predominant successor to the leadership of the TRIKOUPI party. There was also president of the association "for the dissemination of Greek letters" in the period 1871–1882.]]	Charilaos Trikoupis	Alexander III of Russia
	Dimitrios Panas	Δημήτριος Πάνω	Панас Димитриос	Chargé d'affaires, From August 18, 1913, to he was Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece). *: Greek Ambassador to Turkey (Sublime Porte).	Charilaos Trikoupis	Alexander III of Russia
	Dimitrios Panas	Δημήτριος Πάνω	Панас Димитриос	Ambassador	Eleftherios Venizelos	Alexander Trepov
			Рангавис Клеон		Charilaos Trikoupis	Alexander III of Russia
	Papparigopoulos Michael		Паппаригопулос Михаил	He was first-born son of I. Paparrigopoulos. He studied laws at the University of Munich and then returned to Greece entered the Diplomatic Career. From 1875 to 1880: Charge d'affaires of the Greek Ambassador to Italy in Rome. From 1891 to 1892: Minister Plenipotentiary in St. Petersburg. In 1892 he was Greek Ambassador to Romania (Bucharest), where Evangelos Zappas dies in December 1891^[2] and At the end of his career, he was appointed Lord Chambelán of George I of Greece.	Theodoros Diligiannis	Alexander III of Russia
	Levidis George	Λεβίδης Γεώργιος	Левидис Георгиос	Chargé d'affaires	Konstantinos Konstantopoulos	Alexander III of Russia
	Tobazis Alexander	Αλέξανδρος Τομπάζης	Томпазис Александрос	Chargé d'affaires	Konstantinos Konstantopoulos	Alexander III of Russia
	Ion Dragoumis			His grandfather Markos Dragoumis was a leader of the Greek Revolution. Ion Dragoumis was one of the eleven children of Stephanos Dragoumis, who belonged to the exteriors, the Ministers of the Interior and Finance and 1910 many governments as prime minister. Dragoumis studied Laws at the University of Athens. In 1897 he was volunteer in the Turkish-Greek war. In 1899 he entered the diplomatic service. He served as vice-consul in Monastir and consul in Serres, Plovdiv, Burgas and Alexandroupolis. In 1907 he was transferred to the Embassy in Istanbul. During his stay in Alexandria he met the writer Penelope Delta, with whom a passionate love and correspondence years linked him to Dragoumis 1912, the actress Marika Kotopouli returned. During the First Balkan War, he served as Minister of the Crown Prince and later King Constantine I in Thessaloniki. In 1915 Dragoumis moved from the diplomatic service in politics. In the controversy between monarchists and republicans supporters of Eleftherios Venizelos, was one of the most decisive opponents of the latter. He put himself elected as a member of the Florina in the Greek Parliament. Due to disagreements with the king, who opposed the entry into the war, even after the occupation of a large part of East Macedonia by Bulgaria, shows Dragoumis 1917 had to go into exile in Corsica. Once at Eleftherios Venizelos he was assassinated at the Gare de Lyon in Paris on August 12, 1920. Dragoumis was killed the next day by supporters of Venizelos.	Georgios Theotokis	Piotr Stolypin
	George Argyropoulos	Γεώργιος Αργυρόπουλος	Аргиропулос, Георгиос		Alexandros Zaimis	Nicholas II of Russia
	Nikolaos Theotokis		Теотокис Николаос	Chargé d'affaires, (* 1878, dies on November 15, 1922, in Goudi) Politician and diplomat, Member of Parliament of Corfu. He was brother of Ioannis Theotokis. He studied in Athens, Paris and Berlin. 1910-1914: Chargé d'affaires in Berlin, from 1914 to 1917 he was Berlin. In 1920 he was elected deputy of Corfu and became Minister of Justice and military. After the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) he was sentenced to death and was shot in Goudi on November 15, 1922. In 2010, at the request of Michael Protopapadaki since 2008, the grandson of the former Prime Minister Pedro Protopapadaki, was definitely dismissed by the Supreme Court the prosecution of six (including, and Nicolás María) due to the limitation.	Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis	Piotr Stolypin
	Pantelis Psychas	Ψύχας Παντελής	Психас Пантелис	Chargé d'affaires Pantelis George Psycha (* 17 Mar 1874 in Marseille; † dies on October 9, 1924, in Paris)	Stefanos Dragoumis	Piotr Stolypin
	John Dragoumis	Δραγούμης Ιωάννης	Драгумис Иоаннис	(1878-1920)	Eleftherios Venizelos	Iván Goremykin
	Dimitrios Kaklamanos		Какламанос Димитриос	Chargé d'affaires, Dimitrios Kaklamanos (* born in Nauplia in 1867; † dies in 1949) was a diplomat, journalist and writer and corresponding member of the Athens Academy. Kaklamanos was director of the police newspaper in 1892 and then editor of the New Asty 1901–1907. In 1907 he was consul in Odessa. From 1910 to 1912 he was secretary of the Greek embassy in Paris. From 1912 to 1914 he was Chargé d'affaires of the Greek Ambassador to Italy. From 1915 to 1916 he was in St. Petersburg, director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1914-1915 and ambassador to Washington, St. Petersburg, Stockholm and London, and a Greek representative on the board of the League of Nations. On July 24, 1923, he signed with Eleftherios Venizelos, the Final Act of the Treaty of Lausanne (Lausanne Treaty / final Praxis). He received the award of the Order of Christ the Archangel	Eleftherios Venizelos	Iván Goremykin
	Dimitrios Kaklamanos		Какламанос Димитриос	Ambassador	Eleftherios Venizelos	Knyaz Nikolai Golitsyn
	Alexios Pallis	Αλέξιος Πάλλης	Паллис Алексиос		Dimitrios Gounaris	Knyaz Nikolai Golitsyn
	Michael Tsamados		Майкл Тсамадас	Chargé d'affaires at the Embassy of Greece, Washington, D.C. The Greek envoy leaves for Soviet Russia. For the first time since the revolution in November 1917, Greece and Russia are once again in friendly relations. Michael Tsamados, the Greek Minister in Washington, has been chosen as the prime minister of the Greek republic to Soviet Russia. Mr. Tsamados has already left the United States to take charge of his new position. The former Greek prime minister, the United States is recognized as one of the most capable men in the diplomatic service of the European republic. The factthat has been named to shows Soviet Russia made Greece Recognizes the importance and value of having friendly relations with the Soviet Republic. Mr. Tsamados has spent several years in Germany, Macedonia, the United States, and is a great grandson of one of the distinguished naval leaders in the Greek War of Independence. His father what the president of the Greek Boule in 1909.^[3] ^[4]	Alexandros Papanastasiou	Vladimir Lenin
	Mavroudes Nikolaos			(* Born in 1873; † Died in 1942) was a Greek diplomat and activist in the Macedonian struggle. He was appointed first proconsul the Greek consulate in Kavala and supported parallel Greek propaganda in the region. Together with Metropolitano Crisóstomo, Teatro and Stilyanos Mavromichalis organize Greek propaganda in the regions of Drama and rules. From 1910 to 1911, the Greek consul in Bitola. 1930 ambassador in Rome. Acts as Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece in Panagis Tsaldaris. From 7 to March 10, 1933: Minister of Foreign Affairs, only to renounce all government, on this day.	Alexandros Papanastasiou	Alekséi Rýkov
	Lagoudakis George	Γεώργιος Λαγουδάκη	Лагудакис Георгиос		Theodoros Pangalos (general)	Alekséi Rýkov
	Panouriás Nákos	Νάκος Πανουριά	Пануриас Накос		Eleftherios Venizelos	Alekséi Rýkov
	Anisás Nikólaos	Νικόλαος Ανισά	Анисас Николаос	Chargé d'affaires	Eleftherios Venizelos	Alekséi Rýkov
	Psarouda Constantino	Κωνσταντίνος Ψαρούδα	Псарудас Константинос	From he was Consul General in New York City. From 1920 to 1922 he was Greek Ambassador to Italy. From 1926 to 1927 he was Greek Ambassador to the Czech Republic From to 1933 he was Ambassador in Moscow.^[5] ^[6]	Eleftherios Venizelos	Viacheslav Molotov
	Polychroniadis Spyridon	Σπυρίδων Πολυχρονιάδη	Полихрониадис Спиридон		Panagis Tsaldaris	Viacheslav Molotov
	Stephen John	Ιωάννης Στεφάνο	Стефану Иоаннис	Chargé d'affaires	Georgios Kondylis	Viacheslav Molotov
	Jean Pappas	Ιωάννης Παππά	Паппас Иоаннис		Ioannis Metaxas	Viacheslav Molotov
	Jean Kindynis	Ιωάννης Κινδύνη	Киндинис Иоаннис	(* ~ 1900) he has served in the United Kingdom, France, Turkey, Hungary, the Soviet Union and Sweden. 1938: Charge d'affaires in Stockholm. 1949: extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary in Vienna. autumn 1952: Manager of the Greek delegation to the 6th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. 1955: John Kindynis was appointed Greek Ambassador to Sweden in Stockholm and the other Scandinavian states in place of Dimitrios Georgios Argyropoulos who has been appointed Greek Ambassador to Brazil in Rio de Janeiro in succession to Georgios Sambelis, who has been appointed Greek Ambassador to South Africa in Pretoria.	Ioannis Metaxas	Viacheslav Molotov
	Nikolopoulos Dimitrios	Δημήτριος Νικολόπουλο	Димитриос Николопулос		Ioannis Metaxas	Viacheslav Molotov
	Spyridon Mercados	Σπυρίδων Μαρκέτη	Маркетис Спиридон		Ioannis Metaxas	Viacheslav Molotov
	Christophe Diamantopoulos	Χρήστος Διαμαντόπουλο	Диамантопулос Христос		Ioannis Metaxas	Viacheslav Molotov
	Panagiotis Pipinelis	Παναγιώτης Πιπινέλη	Пипинелис Панагиотис		Georgios Tsolakoglou	Joseph Stalin
	Constantino Sourlas	Κωνσταντίνος Σούρλα	Сурлас Константинос	Chargé d'affaires	Konstantinos Logothetopoulos	Joseph Stalin
	Athanase George Politis	Αθανάσιος Πολίτη	Политис Афанасиос		Ioannis Rallis	Joseph Stalin
	Basilio Neophytos	Βασίλειος Νεόφυτο	Неофитос Василиос		Dimitrios Maximos	Joseph Stalin
	Alexander Sgourdaios	Αλέξανδρος Σγουρδαίο	СгурдЭос Александрос	Chargé d'affaires	Themistoklis Sofoulis	Joseph Stalin
	Alexander Sgourdaios	Αλέξανδρος Σγουρδαίο	СГУРДЭОС Александрос	Ambassador	Georgios Papandreou	Alexei Kosygin
	Thomas Ypsilanti	Θωμάς Υψηλάντη	Ипсилантис Фомас	Chargé d'affaires	Nikolaos Plastiras	Joseph Stalin
	Kountoumas Alexander	Αλέξανδρος Κουντουμά	Кунтумас Александрос		Alexandros Papagos	Georgi Malenkov
	Cheimarios Constantino	Κωνσταντίνος Χειμαριό	Химариос Константинос	Chargé d'affaires	Konstantinos Karamanlis	Nikolai Bulganin
	Dimitrios Pappas	Δημήτριος Παππά	Паппас Димитриос		Konstantinos Karamanlis	Nikolai Bulganin
	Kapsampeli George	Γεώργιος Καψαμπέλη	Капсампелис Георгиос	Chargé d'affaires	Konstantinos Karamanlis	Nikita Khrushchev
	George Christopoulos	Γεώργιος Χριστόπουλο	Христопулос Георгиос		Konstantinos Karamanlis	Nikita Khrushchev
	Tzounis John	Ιωάννης Τζούνη	Тзунис Иоаннис	Chargé d'affaires	Konstantinos Karamanlis	Nikita Khrushchev
	Varsamis George	Γεώργιος Βαρσάμη	Варсамис Георгиос		Georgios Papandreou	Alexei Kosygin
	Constantin Tsamados	Κωνσταντίνος Τσαμαδό	Тсамадос Константинос	Chargé d'affaires	Konstantinos Kollias	Alexei Kosygin
	Angelos Vlachos	Άγγελος Βλάχο	Влахос Ангелос		Georgios Papadopoulos	Alexei Kosygin
	Alexander Dimitropoulos	Αλέξανδρος Δημητρόπουλο	Димитропулос Александрос		Georgios Papadopoulos	Alexei Kosygin
	Kalogeras Pedro	Πέτρος Καλογερά	Калогерас Петрос		Konstantinos Karamanlis	Alexei Kosygin
	Botsaris Timoleón-Notis	Τιμολέων-Νότης Μπότσαρη	Мпотсарис Тимолеон-Нотис	Chargé d'affaires	Konstantinos Karamanlis	Alexei Kosygin
	Metaxás Andréas	Ανδρέας Μεταξά	Метаксас, Андреас		Konstantinos Karamanlis	Alexei Kosygin
	Ioannis Grigoriadis	Ιωάννης Γρηγοριάδη	Григориадис Иоаннис		Andreas Papandreou	Nikolai Tíjonov
	Dountas Michael	Μιχαήλ Δούντα	Дунтас Михаил		Andreas Papandreou	Mikhail Gorbachev
	Sandis Aristides	Αριστείδης Σάνδη	Сандис Аристидис	Chargé d'affaires	Andreas Papandreou	Mikhail Gorbachev
	Elias Gounaris	Ηλίας Γούναρη	Гунарис Илиас		Tzannis Tzannetakis	Mikhail Gorbachev
	Lymperopoylos Constantino	Κωνσταντίνος Λυμπερόπουλο	Либеропулос Константинос		Andreas Papandreou	Víktor Chernomyrdin
	Rodousakis Kyriakos	Κυριάκος Ροδουσάκη	Родусакис Кириакос		Andreas Papandreou	Víktor Chernomyrdin
	Dimitrios Kypreos	Δημήτριος Κυπραίο	Кипреос Димитриос		Costas Simitis	Víktor Chernomyrdin
	Dimitrios Paraskevopoulos	Δημήτριος Παρασκευόπουλο	Параскевопулос Димитриос		Costas Simitis	Mikhail Kasyanov
	Elias Klis	Ηλίας Κλή	Клис Илиас	(*1946 in Athens) He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Athens. Since 1973 - the diplomatic service in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In particular, he worked in the rank of consul or ambassador of Greece in different countries. In addition, as the EU coordinator, dealing with issues of terrorism, immigration and free movement of citizens. Represented Greece in negotiations on accession to the Schengen Agreement. He speaks English, French and Romanian. Married, wife - Ersi Klis. It has the following awards: Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece); Grand Commander of the Order "For Merit" (France); Grand Commander of the Royal Order "For Merit" (Norway).^[7]	Kostas Karamanlis	Mikhail Fradkov
	Michael Spinellis	Μιχαήλ Σπινέλλης		Mikhail Spinellis (* in Athens). He is married and he has a daughter. In 1975 he graduated from the Faculty of Laws and Economics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. From 1976 to 1977 he served in the army. In 1979 he entered the diplomatic service. 1987: was Secretary of Embassy, Permanent Mission, Geneva. From until was Chargé d'affaires of the Greek Ambassador to Serbia (Belgrade). 1996: Counselor at the Embassy in London. From until was Greek Ambassador to Serbia in Belgrade. From 2008 to 2013 he was ambassador in Moscow and was simultaneously accredited in Tajikistan.	Kostas Karamanlis	Vladimir Putin
	Danae Magdalini Koumanakou	Δανάη-Μαγδαληνή Κουμανάκου		Danae Magdalini Koumanakou (* 1954 in Athenes) From 2006 to 2013 she was Greek Ambassador in Bulgaria Sofia. She holds a degree in Sociology and Political Sciences from the University of Paris.	Antonis Samaras	Dmitri Medvedev

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• Greece–Russia relations

Notes and References

1. http://clio.rediris.es/n32/grecia/grecia1.htm Constantino Zografos
2. http://www.bursedoctorale.ro/public/documente/articole/1331900136_Articol_rev_Ulinici_SD_Istorie_Noiembrie2011.pdf Michael Paparrigopoulos
3. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1919-10-19/ed-1/seq-13/ocr.txt Michael Tsamados
4. Web site: The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, October 19, 1919, FINAL EDITION, Image 13. 19 October 1919. 13.
5. On August 14, 1930, the new Greek ambassador to Moscow, Konstantinos Psarouda, gave his credentials to the President of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR, Mikhail Kalinin, Στίς 14 Αυγούστου 1930 ό νέος "Ελλην πρεσβευτής στήν Μόσχα, Κωνσταντίνος Ψαρούδας έπέδωσε τά διαπιστευτήριά του στόν Πρόεδρο τής Κεντρικής Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής τής ΕΣΣΔ Μ.Ι. Καλίνιν. see: Andrew L. Zapantis, Hēllēno-Sovietikes scheseis, 1917-1941, Vivliopōleio tēs "Hestias", 1989 - 562 pp.p. 229
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=c-cbAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Constantine+Psaroudas+presented+his+credentials+to+the+President%22 english
7. http://www.greek.ru/all/greecetoday/emb_old.php Elias Klis
8. https://www.mfa.gr/russia/ru/the-embassy/history/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece), History of the embassy, История
9. https://www.mfa.gr/russia/presveia/history/ Ιστορία