The Republic of Poland Ambassador to Russia is the leader of the

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

delegation to Russia. As with all Poland Ambassadors, the ambassador to Russia is nominated by the President of Poland and confirmed by the Parliamentary Commission of the Foreign Affairs. The ambassador serves at the pleasure of the president, and enjoys full diplomatic immunity. Poland Embassy in Russia is located in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

. In addition there are Consulates General located in

Irkutsk Irkutsk ( ; rus, Иркутск, p=ɪrˈkutsk; Buryat language, Buryat and mn, Эрхүү, ''Erhüü'', ) is the largest city and administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. With a population of 617,473 as of the 2010 Census, Irkutsk is ...

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad ( ; rus, Калининград, p=kəlʲɪnʲɪnˈɡrat, links=y), until 1946 known as Königsberg (; rus, Кёнигсберг, Kyonigsberg, ˈkʲɵnʲɪɡzbɛrk; rus, Короле́вец, Korolevets), is the largest city and ...

and

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. There is also Consular Agency in Smolensk, which is responsible for looking after the

Katyn massacre The Katyn massacre, "Katyń crime"; russian: link=yes, Катынская резня ''Katynskaya reznya'', "Katyn massacre", or russian: link=no, Катынский расстрел, ''Katynsky rasstrel'', "Katyn execution" was a series of m ...

and

Smolensk air disaster On 10 April 2010, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft operating Polish Air Force Flight 101 crashed near the Russian city of Smolensk, killing all 96 people on board. Among the victims were the president of Poland, Lech Kaczyński, and his wife, Maria, ...

memorials.

History

and

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

had exchanged diplomatic missions for centuries. The first ambassador in the modern meaning of this word, from Poland to Russia, was

Antoni Augustyn Deboli Antoni Augustyn Deboli (1747–1810) was a Polish noble, diplomat, and politician. He was the representative of the Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski to the Russian court, from 1788 to 1795, though he had been active as a diplomat there ...

, in late 18th century. After the period of

partitions of Poland The Partitions of Poland were three partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth that took place toward the end of the 18th century and ended the existence of the state, resulting in the elimination of sovereign Poland and Lithuania for 12 ...

, in 1918, relations were established between the

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...

and

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. After

Soviet invasion of Poland The Soviet invasion of Poland was a military operation by the Soviet Union without a formal declaration of war. On 17 September 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east, 16 days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland from the west. Subse ...

in 1939 those relations were broken, to be briefly reestablished in 1941 after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, when the Soviet Union and

Polish government in exile The Polish government-in-exile, officially known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile ( pl, Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie), was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Pola ...

agreed to cooperate against their common enemy,

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

. Those relations were broken in 1943 after discovery of the

. From that point onward, Soviet Union created its own puppet Polish government, which had its "ambassadors" in the Soviet Union. In 1989 the

People's Republic of Poland The Polish People's Republic ( pl, Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa, PRL) was a country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989 as the predecessor of the modern Republic of Poland. With a population of approximately 37.9 million nea ...

was transformed into the modern Poland; in 1991, Soviet Union was transformed into modern Russia.

List of ambassadors of Poland to Russia

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...

* 1556

Stefan Zbaraski Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...

* 1571

Michał Haraburda Michał () is a Polish and Sorbian form of Michael and may refer to: * Michał Bajor (born 1957), Polish actor and musician * Michał Chylinski (born 1986), Polish basketball player * Michał Drzymała (1857–1937), Polish rebel * Michał Heller ( ...

* 1686

Krzysztof Grzymułtowski Krzysztof Grzymułtowski (; 1620–1687) was a Polish voivod of Poznań Voivodship, diplomat and member of Polish sejm. His Coat of Arms was Nieczuja. He was born to Stanisław Grzymułtowski, bailiff of Środa Śląska, and Katarzyna. In 1649 h ...

* 1702

Krzysztof Białłozor Krzysztof () is a Polish given name, equivalent to English ''Christopher''. The name became popular in the 15th century. Its diminutive forms include Krzyś, Krzysiek, and Krzysio; augmentative – Krzychu Individuals named Krzysztof may choose to ...

* 1704

Tomasz Działyński Tomasz is a Polish given name, the equivalent of Thomas in English. Notable people with the given name include: *Tomasz Adamek (born 1976), Polish heavyweight boxer *Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955), Polish socialist politician and Prime Minist ...

* 1707–1709 Józef Tausz * 1712 Marcin Wołłowicz i Michał Puzyna * 1717–1718 Franciszek Poniński * 1718 Lesiowski * 1719–1720

Stanisław Chomętowski Stanisław Chomętowski (1673–1728) was a Polish politician, military commander and diplomat, notable as one of the most reliable supporters of Polish king August II the Strong. Born to a non-notable szlachta family, in 1696 he rose to the off ...

* 1735 Ignacy Zawisza * 1739–1743 Ignacy Ogiński * 1762 Alojzy Fryderyk von Brühl * 1763 Jan Jędrzej Borch * 1764 Gerwazy Ludwik Oskierka * 1764–1765 Franciszek Rzewuski * 1765–1766 Jakub Psarski * 1766–1767 Franciszek Rzewuski * 1767–1772 Jakub Psarski (rezydent) * 1771 Franciszek Ksawery Branicki * 1767–1792

(first ambassador in the modern meaning of this word)

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...

:''Note: Second Republic was created in 1918. Its ambassadors were sent to the newly created successor state of Russia, the

.'' * 1917–1918 Aleksander Lednicki (of the Regency Council) * 1918–1919 Ludwik Darowski (''j.w.'') * 1919–1920 Józef Targowski (''Minister Pełnomocny i Wysoki Komisarz RP na Syberię'') * 1921

Tytus Filipowicz Tytus Filipowicz (1873–1953) was a Polish politician and diplomat. Life Filipowicz was born on 21 November 1873 in Warsaw. He attended school in Dąbrowa Górnicza. He worked as a coal miner and became a socialist political activist; from 1 ...

(''Chargé d'Affaires'') * 1921–1923 Roman Knoll (''Poseł'') * 1923–1924 Kazimierz Wyszyński (''Chargé d'Affaires a.i.'') * 1924 Ludwik Darowski * 1924–1925 Kazimierz Wyszyński (''Chargé d'Affaires a.i.'') * 1925–1926

Stanisław Kętrzyński Stanisław Kętrzyński (; 10 September 1878 in Lwów, Austro-Hungary – 26 May 1950 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish historian, diplomat and freemason. He was the son of Polish historian Wojciech Kętrzyński. During the Second World War ...

* 1926–1932

Stanisław Patek Stanisław Jan Patek (; 1 May 1866 – 25 August 1944), Polish lawyer, freemason and diplomat, served as Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1919 to 1920. The lawyer Born in Rusinów, he was an activist of the Polish Socialist Party who ...

* 1932–1933 Henryk Sokolnicki (''Chargé d'Affaires a.i.'') * 1933–1934

Juliusz Łukasiewicz Juliusz Łukasiewicz (; May 6, 1892 – April 6, 1951) was a Polish diplomat, an ambassador of Poland to the Soviet Union and France, and a Polish Freemason.Cezary Leżeński, Legiony to braterska nuta... czyli od Legionów do masonów, Wolnomular ...

* 1934–1936

(''Ambasador'') * 1936–1939

Wacław Grzybowski Wacław Grzybowski (1887-1959) was a Polish politician and philosopher. He was a Deputy to the Polish Sejm from 1927 to 1935, and ambassador to the Soviet Union (Moscow) from July 1936 to 17 September 1939. He was summoned and given a note cancel ...

Polish government-in-exile The Polish government-in-exile, officially known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile ( pl, Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie), was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Pola ...

:''Note: Legal successor of the Second Polish Republic.'' * 1941 Józef Retinger (''Chargé d'Affaires'') * 1941–1942 Stanisław Kot * 1942 Henryk Sokolnicki (''Chargé d'Affaires a.i.'') * 1942–1943 Tadeusz Romer

People's Republic of Poland

:''Note: Officially,

is the name used since 1952. Unofficially, this name is used for all Polish communist governments since 1944.'' * 1944

Stefan Jędrychowski Stefan Jędrychowski (19 May 1910 – 26 May 1996) was a Polish communist politician, economist and journalist, who served as deputy prime minister, foreign minister and finance minister in Poland. Early life and education Born in Warsaw on 19 ...

* 1945

Zygmunt Modzelewski Zygmunt Modzelewski (15 April 1900, Częstochowa – 18 June 1954, Warsaw) was a Polish communist politician, professor, economist, and diplomat. Life and career He was a member of the Social Democracy of the Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania a ...

* 1945–1946 Henryk Raabe * 1947–1950 Marian Naszkowski * 1953–1957 Wacław Lewikowski * 1957–1959

Tadeusz Gede ''Tadeusz'' is a Polish first name, derived from Thaddaeus. Tadeusz may refer to: * Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895–1966), Polish military leader * Tadeusz Borowski (1922–1951), Polish writer and The Holocaust survivor * Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński ...

* 1959–1963 Bolesław Jaszczuk * 1963–1964

Edmund Pszczółkowski Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and ...

* 1968–1971 Jan Ptasiński * 1971

Zenon Nowak Zenon Nowak (27 January 1905 – 21 August 1980) was a Communist activist and politician in the People's Republic of Poland. He was one of the members of the pro-Soviet Natolin faction of the PZPR Central Committee during the Polish October ...

* 1978–1982

Kazimierz Olszewski Kazimierz (; la, Casimiria; yi, קוזמיר, Kuzimyr) is a historical district of Kraków and Kraków Old Town, Poland. From its inception in the 14th century to the early 19th century, Kazimierz was an independent city, a royal city of the Cr ...

* 1982–1985

Stanisław Kociołek Stanisław Kociołek (3 May 1933, Warsaw – 1 October 2015), often referred to as the "butcher of Tri-City", was a Communist official who served as deputy prime minister of Poland for six months in 1970. After the fall of Communism, he was charg ...

* 1985–1989 Włodzimierz Natorf

Third Polish Republic

:''Note: modern Poland.'' * 1989–1996

Stanisław Ciosek Stanisław Józef Ciosek (2 May 1939 – 19 October 2022) was a Polish diplomat and politician. A member of the Polish United Workers' Party, he served in the Sejm The Sejm (English: , Polish: ), officially known as the Sejm of the Republi ...

* 1996–2002 Andrzej Załucki * 2002–2005

Stefan Meller Stefan Meller (4 July 1942 in Lyon, France – 4 February 2008 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish diplomat and academician. He served as foreign minister of Poland from 31 October 2005, to 9 May 2006, in the cabinet of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz. He ...

* 2005–2006 Wiktor Ross ''(chargé d'affaires a.i.)'' * 2006–2010 Jerzy Bahr * 2010–2014

Wojciech Zajączkowski Wojciech Jacek Zajączkowski (born 19 December 1963 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish diplomat and historian. Ambassador of Poland to China (2018–2023), Russia (2010–2014), and Romania (2008–2010). Life Education Wojciech Zajączkowski grad ...

* 2014–2016

Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz (born October 26, 1970) is a Polish sociologist and the former Ambassador of Poland to Russia. She succeeded Wojciech Zajączkowski in the fall of 2014. She became the first woman ambassador of Poland in Mosc ...

*2016–2020 Włodzimierz Marciniak *since 2021 –

Krzysztof Krajewski Krzysztof Adam Krajewski (born 3 August 1963, in Warsaw) is a Polish diplomat; ambassador to Azerbaijan (2005–2010), Bulgaria (2014–2018), and Russia (since 2021). Life Krajewski has graduated from international relations at the University ...

References

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History

List of ambassadors of Poland to Russia

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 1918 and 1939. The state was established on 6 November 1918, before the end of ...

Polish government-in-exile The Polish government-in-exile, officially known as the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile ( pl, Rząd Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej na uchodźstwie), was the government in exile of Poland formed in the aftermath of the Invasion of Pola ...

People's Republic of Poland

Third Polish Republic

See also

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