The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in New York (''Постоянное представительство Российской Федерации при ООН в г. Нью-Йорк'') is a diplomatic mission of the
Russian Federation
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to the
United Nations
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with headquarters in
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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.
Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations sits on the
United Nations Security Council
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, where he has the right of
veto
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.
History
In 1948–1964, the representative office was located in
Percy R. Pyne House from 1911 (designed by
McKim, Mead & White
McKim, Mead & White was an American architectural firm that came to define architectural practice, urbanism, and the ideals of the American Renaissance in fin de siècle New York. The firm's founding partners Charles Follen McKim (1847–1909), Wil ...
) at 680,
Park Avenue
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, previously occupied by the Chinese representation to the United Nations (1947-1948). In 1960,
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev s ...
spoke from the balcony of the building (mainly for press representatives). From 1964, it is housed in a 13-story building from 1961 at 136, East 67 Street. As a sub-tenant, the building also has a Permanent Representation of
Belarus
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. The representative office also includes a residential estate with a 20-storey building from 1974 on
Riverdale at West 255th Street 355 (along with 240 apartments, a
high school
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, a polyclinic, a sports hall, a swimming pool, a duty-free shop, a showroom and a ballroom, an underground garage for 100 cars), two properties on
Long Island
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, purchased in 1952 by the Russians
Elmcroft estate from 1918 in
Oyster Bay (38 rooms) and purchased in 1951 a
Killenworth
Killenworth is a historic mansion in Glen Cove, New York constructed for George Dupont Pratt in 1912. It was purchased by the Soviet Union in 1946 to become the country retreat of the Soviet, and later Russian, delegation to the United Nations. ...
in the Tudor style property (designed by Trowbridge and Ackerman) from 1912 at Dosoris Lane in
Glen Cove (49 rooms). The first served as the residence of
Vyacheslav Molotov
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, while the second served as Nikita Khrushchev (in 1960 and 1963), as well as
Fidel Castro
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.
Permanent Representatives
Gallery
File:Russian Mission November 5, 2012.jpg, Residential building of the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations since 1974.
File:('Killenworth,' George Dupont Pratt house, Glen Cove, New York. (LOC) (7221372476) crop.jpg, Killenworth Estate in Glen Cove since 1951.
File:Percy Rivington Pyne House 001.JPG, The first representative office in Percy Rivington Pyne House from 1948-1964.
See also
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Russia and the United Nations
The Russian Federation succeeded to the Soviet Union's seat, including its permanent membership on the Security Council in the United Nations after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, which originally co-founded the UN in 1945. The succes ...
*
Russia–United States relations
Russia and the United States maintain one of the most important, critical and strategic foreign relations in the world. Both nations have shared interests in nuclear safety and security, nonproliferation, counterterrorism, and space exploration. ...
*
Soviet Union–United States relations
Soviet Union–United States relations were fully established in 1933 as the succeeding bilateral ties to those between the Russian Empire and the United States, which lasted from 1776 until 1917; they were also the predecessor to the current ...
*
Embassy of Russia, Washington, D.C.
*
Consulate-General of Russia in New York City
The Consulate-General of Russia in New York City is the diplomatic mission of the Russian Federation in New York City. Opened in 1994, the consulate is located at 9 East 91st Street in the former John Henry Hammond House in the Upper East Side of M ...
*
Russian Mission School in New York
The Russian Mission School in New York (russian: Общеобразовательная школа при
Постоянном представительстве России при ООН в Нью-Йорке) is a Russian overseas school located ...
External links
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The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations in New York
References
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Russia
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1948 establishments in New York City
United Nations
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Russia
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Soviet Union and the United Nations
Russia and the United Nations
Soviet Union–United States relations
Russia–United States relations