The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Moscow is the chief
diplomatic mission
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of the
United Kingdom
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in the
Russian Federation
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. It is located in the
Arbat District
Arbat District (russian: link=no, район Арбат) is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of the federal city of Moscow, Russia. Population:
The district extends from central Mokhovaya Street west to Novoarbatsky Bridge over ...
of Moscow, on Smolenskaya Embarkment of the river
Moskva. The current ambassador is
Deborah Bronnert CMG.
History
The Embassy site at 10 Smolenskaya Embankment, comprising 0.92 hectares, was offered to the British Government in the mid-1960s and exchanged for two sites in London by an Agreement signed in March 1987. The building contains offices for 250 Embassy staff; 31 flats for staff and facilities for their recreation and welfare, including swimming pool and cafeteria; medical centre and kindergarten; workshops and stores; and covered car parking for 85 cars. The architects of the embassy were Ahrends, Burton and Koralek (ABK) of London and Dublin. The embassy was officially opened by
Anne, Princess Royal
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on 17 May 2000.
In 2007, a sculpture of
Sherlock Holmes
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and
Doctor Watson
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as portrayed by
Vasily Livanov
Vasily Borisovich Livanov (russian: link=no, Василий Борисович Ливанов; born 19 July 1935), MBE, is a Soviet and Russian film actor, animation and film director, screenwriter and writer most famous for portraying Sherlock ...
and
Vitaly Solomin
Vitaly Mefodievich Solomin (russian: link=no, Виталий Мефодьевич Соломин; 12 December 194127 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter, best remembered for playing Dr. Watson in a series of Sherloc ...
was erected on the embankment alongside the embassy (sculptor Andrey Orlov).
In July 2022, the city authorities renamed the territory the embassy is located in from Smolenskaya Embankment to Luhansk People's Republic Square; the embassy stated that it would continue to use the previous address.
Outside Moscow
Outside Moscow, there is one British
Consulate-General
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in
Yekaterinburg
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where the senior officer is known as the Consul-General.
There was a
British Consulate General in St. Petersburg but it was closed in 2018 due to a diplomatic fallout following the
poisoning of a former Russian intelligence officer in the United Kingdom.
See also
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Russia-United Kingdom relations
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Consulate-General of the United Kingdom, Saint Petersburg
The Consulate-General of the United Kingdom in Saint Petersburg was part of the diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in the Russian Federation, before it was shut down. It was located on in Tsentralny District. The current British Consul Gen ...
*
Diplomatic missions in Russia
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References
External links
British Embassy Moscow
Russia–United Kingdom relations
Soviet Union–United Kingdom relations
United Kingdom
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Moscow
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Arbat District
Buildings and structures completed in 2000
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