| Post: | Ambassador |
| Body: | the Russian Federation to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay |
| Insignia: | MID emblem.png |
| Incumbentsince: | 5 October 2020 |
| Department: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs Embassy of Russia in Montevideo |
| Style: | His Excellency |
| Reports To: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Seat: | Montevideo |
| Appointer: | President of Russia |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the President |
| Website: | Embassy of Russia in Uruguay |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the Russian Foreign Ministry |
The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the President and the Government of Uruguay.[1]
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Montevideo.[2] The ambassador to Uruguay is concurrently appointed as the Russian representative to the Latin American Integration Association.[3] The post of Russian Ambassador to Uruguay is currently held by, incumbent since 5 October 2020.[4]
See main article: Russia–Uruguay relations. Diplomatic relations at the mission level between the Soviet Union and Uruguay were first established in August 1926, although the missions were not opened until August 1933.[1] The first representative,, was appointed on 10 March 1934, and presented his credentials on 9 May 1934.[1] Diplomatic relations were broken off by the government of Uruguay on 27 December 1935 and Minkin was recalled.[1] Relations were re-established on 27 January 1943, with Sergei Orlov appointed envoy on 3 November 1943.[5] On 30 November 1964 the mission was upgraded to the level of an embassy. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet ambassador,, continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1993.[5]
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diplomatic representative | 10 March 1934 | 27 December 1935 | Credentials presented 9 May 1934 | |
| Diplomatic relations interrupted (1935 - 1943) | ||||
| Envoy | 3 November 1943 | 24 October 1944 | Credentials presented 18 March 1944 | |
| Envoy | 12 November 1944 | 17 May 1952 | Credentials presented 14 February 1945 | |
| Vladimir Yerofeyev | Envoy | 17 May 1952 | 27 October 1953 | |
| Envoy | 24 December 1955 | 14 December 1960 | Credentials presented 26 January 1956 | |
| Envoy (before 19 December 1964) Ambassador (after 19 December 1964) | 14 December 1960 | 3 August 1965 | Credentials presented 24 March 1961 | |
| Ambassador | 3 August 1965 | 27 January 1970 | Credentials presented 1 October 1965 | |
| Ambassador | 10 June 1970 | 23 June 1978 | Credentials presented 13 July 1970 | |
| Ambassador | 23 June 1978 | 26 February 1987 | Credentials presented 6 November 1978 | |
| Ambassador | 26 February 1987 | 25 December 1991 | ||
| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambassador | 25 December 1991 | 6 April 1993 | ||
| Ambassador | 6 April 1993 | 13 April 1999 | ||
| Ambassador | 13 April 1999 | 31 July 2000 | ||
| Ambassador | 31 July 2000 | 26 September 2005 | ||
| [6] | Ambassador | 26 September 2005 | 5 November 2013 | |
| Ambassador | 5 November 2013 | 10 January 2018 | ||
| Ambassador | 10 January 2018 | 5 October 2020 | ||
| Ambassador | 5 October 2020 | |||
a. Alexandre Minkine, The Brazilian Government claimed an involvement in the Brazilian uprising of 1935 therefore rupture of diplomatic relations.[7]
b. Sergei A. Orlov (1895 died in 1944 in Montevideo), 1944 (5) MARCH 5— Sergei Orlov, first Russian Minister to Uruguay after a five-year interruption in Russian-Uruguayan diplomatic relations, arrives in Montevideo. (Uruguay and the USSR re-established diplomatic relations in 1943.)
c. S.R. Striganov Appointed Soviet Ambassador to Argentina Pravda, 27/9/78. the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet has appointed Sergei Romanovich Striganov (born 1916) ambassador to the Argentine Republic, replacing Semen Petrovich Dyukarev, 64, who is retiring. Striganov is one of the most experienced Soviet diplomats in the field of relations with the … in Montevideo and Moscow were elevated to embassies, Striganov became the first Soviet ambassador to Uruguay.[8]
d. Vladimir Demidov ExteriorM - Uruguay Archivo Hiatórico Dipiomático Carta del Embajador de la URSS en eI Uruguay, Sr.N.V.Demidov 127 Documento 52 – 27.08.1972.
e. Yan Anastasyevich Burlyai Y.A., b. 1947, a Ukrainian by birth, in 1965-1970 studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of[9]