Ambassadors and envoys from the Soviet Union to Poland
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This is a list of ambassadors and envoys from the Soviet Union to Poland.
and the Soviet Union
had established tentative diplomatic relations during the Polish–Soviet War (1919–1920) for the purpose of negotiation wartime treaties, but neither state had a stable diplomatic mission in the other country. Such missions were created in the aftermath of the Peace of Riga
negotiations (March 1921). Formal relations were established on 27 April 1921.
For the next two years, Poland received representatives in a rank of an envoy from both the Russian SSR
and the Ukrainian SSR.
On 23 July 1923, Poland recognized the creation of the Soviet Union
, the representatives for Russian and Ukrainian SSRs were to be replaced by a single representative of the United SSR (USSR). Soviet representatives in the following years in the rank of an envoy
consisted of:
On 16 February 1930 the Soviet diplomatic mission in Poland was upgraded to the rank of an embassy. Soviet ambassadors in Poland consisted of:
On 17 September, when the Soviets invaded Poland, Soviet Union broke the diplomatic relations with Poland.
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Soviet Union again withdrew its recognition of the Polish government in exile after the Polish government requested investigation into the Katyn massacre
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) were:
After the fall of Soviet Union, Soviet ambassadors were followed by the ambassadors from the post-Soviet states
. See: List of Ambassadors of Russia to Poland.
Second Polish Republic
Second Polish RepublicSecond Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...
and the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
had established tentative diplomatic relations during the Polish–Soviet War (1919–1920) for the purpose of negotiation wartime treaties, but neither state had a stable diplomatic mission in the other country. Such missions were created in the aftermath of the Peace of Riga
Peace of Riga
The Peace of Riga, also known as the Treaty of Riga; was signed in Riga on 18 March 1921, between Poland, Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine. The treaty ended the Polish-Soviet War....
negotiations (March 1921). Formal relations were established on 27 April 1921.
For the next two years, Poland received representatives in a rank of an envoy from both the Russian SSR
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union....
and the Ukrainian SSR.
- from 10 September 1921 to ?: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Lev KarakhanLev KarakhanLev Mikhailovich Karakhan Armenian Կարախանյան Լեւոն Միքայելի, Russian Лев Михайлович Карахан was an ethnic Armenian-born Russian revolutionary and a Soviet diplomat...
for the Russian SSRRussian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicThe Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , commonly referred to as Soviet Russia, Bolshevik Russia, or simply Russia, was the largest, most populous and economically developed republic in the former Soviet Union.... - from ? to ?, consecutively with Karakhan, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Oleksandr Shumsky (Олександр Якович Шумський) for the Ukrainian SSR
- from 8 November 1922 to 13 December 1923: Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Leonid ObolenskyLeonid ObolenskyLeonid Leonidovich Obolensky is a Russian and Soviet actor, born on 21 January 1902 in Arzamas. Born into a family of a bank employee, he studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.-External links:...
(Леонид Леонидович Оболенский)
On 23 July 1923, Poland recognized the creation of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, the representatives for Russian and Ukrainian SSRs were to be replaced by a single representative of the United SSR (USSR). Soviet representatives in the following years in the rank of an envoy
Envoy (title)
In diplomacy, an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary is, under the terms of the Congress of Vienna of 1815, a diplomat of the second class, ranking between an Ambassador and a Minister Resident....
consisted of:
- from 14 December 1923 to 14 October 1924 Leonid Obolensky officially took up the position of the USSR's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Poland
- from 8 November 1923 to 7 June 1927, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Pyotr Voykov (assassinated)
- from 11 October 1927 to ? November 1929, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Dmitry Bogomolov (Дмитрий Васильевич Богомолов)
- from 30 January 1930 to ? March 1934, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Vladimir Antonov-OvseenkoVladimir Antonov-OvseenkoVladimir Alexandrovich Antonov-Ovseyenko , real surname Ovseyenko, party aliases the 'Bayonet' and 'Nikita' , a literary pseudonym A. Gal , was a prominent Soviet Bolshevik leader and diplomat. He was born in Chernigov into an officer's family.In 1903, Antonov-Ovseyenko joined the Menshevik party...
On 16 February 1930 the Soviet diplomatic mission in Poland was upgraded to the rank of an embassy. Soviet ambassadors in Poland consisted of:
- from 13 April 1930 to 1937, ambassador Yakov DavydovYakov DavydovYakov Khristoforovich Davydov was, as head of the Cheka's Foreign Department from 1921 to 1922, the first head of Soviet foreign intelligence....
. He was recalled to Moscow in 1937 during the Great PurgeGreat PurgeThe Great Purge was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1936 to 1938...
and murdered. He was not replaced for about two years. - from 2 June 1939 to 17 September 1937, ambassador Nikolai SharonovNikolai SharonovNikolai Ivanovich Sharonov was a Soviet diplomat.Plenipotentiary on a shared basis, sometimes via third countries, in Greece , Albania , Poland and Hungary ....
. It is uncertain whether he was aware of the planned Soviet invasion of PolandSoviet invasion of Poland (1939)The 1939 Soviet invasion of Poland was a Soviet military operation that started without a formal declaration of war on 17 September 1939, during the early stages of World War II. Sixteen days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west, the Soviet Union did so from the east...
. He left Poland on 11 or 12 September.
On 17 September, when the Soviets invaded Poland, Soviet Union broke the diplomatic relations with Poland.
Polish government in exile
On 30 July 1941 Polish-Soviet relations were reestablished following the Sikorski-Mayski AgreementSikorski-Mayski Agreement
The Sikorski–Mayski Agreement was a treaty between the Soviet Union and Poland signed in London on 30 July 1941. Its name was coined after the two most notable signatories: Polish Prime Minister Władysław Sikorski and Soviet Ambassador to the United Kingdom Ivan Mayski.- Details :After signing...
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- from November 1941 to 26 April 1943, Soviet ambassador to Polish government in exile was Aleksandr Bogomolov
Soviet Union again withdrew its recognition of the Polish government in exile after the Polish government requested investigation into the Katyn massacre
Katyn massacre
The Katyn massacre, also known as the Katyn Forest massacre , was a mass execution of Polish nationals carried out by the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs , the Soviet secret police, in April and May 1940. The massacre was prompted by Lavrentiy Beria's proposal to execute all members of...
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People's Republic of Poland
Soviet Union established official diplomatic relations with its own puppet Polish communist government, the PKWN, on 1 August 1944. On 5 January 1945 an official Soviet embassy was opened to the Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland. Soviet ambassadors in communist Poland (People's Republic of PolandPeople's Republic of Poland
The People's Republic of Poland was the official name of Poland from 1952 to 1990. Although the Soviet Union took control of the country immediately after the liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944, the name of the state was not changed until eight years later...
) were:
- 1945–1951 – Viktor Lebedev (Виктор Захарович Лебедев)
- 1951–1953 – Arkady SobolevArkady SobolevArkady Alexandrovich Sobolev was a Russian Soviet diplomat who served as the Soviet ambassador to the United Nations between 1955 and 1960. He was a specialist in international law...
(Аркадий Александрович Соболев) - 1953–1954 – Georgy Popov (Георгий Михайлович Попов)
- 1955–1957 – Panteleimon PonomarenkoPanteleimon PonomarenkoPanteleimon Kondrat'evich Ponomarenko ; 9 August 1902 18 January 1984) was a general in the Red Army before becoming a Soviet administrator in Belarus and then Kazakhstan. He was born in Krasnodar Krai, Russia....
(Пантелеймон Кондратьевич Пономаренко) - 1957–1961 – Pyotr Abrasimov (Петр Андреевич Абрасимов)
- 1961–1971 – Averky AristovAverky AristovAverky Borisovich Aristov — 11 July 1973) was a Soviet politician and diplomat.He was the son of a fisherman, working for a fishery during 1912 - 1919. In 1919 he joined the Komsomol and 1921 he became a member of the Bolshevik Party...
(Аверкий Борисович Аристов) - 1971–1978 – Stanislav Pilotovich (Станислав Антонович Пилотович)
- 1978–1983 – Boris Aristov (Борис Иванович Аристов)
- 1983–1986 – Aleksandr AksyonovAleksandr Nikiforovich AksyonovAleksandr Nikiforovich Aksyonov was a Soviet politician and diplomat from Belarus. Aksyonov served as the Prime Minister of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic from December 11, 1978, until July 8, 1983...
(Александр Никифорович Аксёнов) - 1986–1990 – Vladimir Brovikov (Владимир Игнатьевич Бровиков)
Third Polish Republic
Soviet ambassadors in non-communist Poland included:- 1990–1991 – Yury Kashlev (Юрий Борисович Кашлев)
After the fall of Soviet Union, Soviet ambassadors were followed by the ambassadors from the post-Soviet states
Post-Soviet states
The post-Soviet states, also commonly known as the Former Soviet Union or former Soviet republics, are the 15 independent states that split off from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in its dissolution in December 1991...
. See: List of Ambassadors of Russia to Poland.