List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia
Soviet Union (1933–1991)

List of ambassadors of the United States to Russia

Section Title: Soviet Union (1933–1991)
Table Section Text: None

Name	State	Appointment	Presentation	Termination	Notes

William Christian Bullitt, Jr.	Pennsylvania	November 21, 1933	December 13, 1933	May 16, 1936	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 15, 1934.

Joseph E. Davies	District of Columbia	November 16, 1936	January 25, 1937	June 11, 1938	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on January 23, 1937.

Laurence A. Steinhardt	New York	March 23, 1939	August 11, 1939	November 12, 1941

William H. Standley	California	February 14, 1942	April 14, 1942	September 19, 1943

W. Averell Harriman	New York	October 7, 1943	October 23, 1943	January 24, 1946

Walter Bedell Smith	March 22, 1946	April 3, 1946	December 25, 1948

Alan G. Kirk	May 21, 1949	July 4, 1949	October 6, 1951

George F. Kennan	Pennsylvania	March 14, 1952	May 14, 1952	September 19, 1952	The Government of the Soviet Union declared Kennan persona non grata on October 3, 1952, and he did not return to his post.

Charles E. Bohlen	District of Columbia	March 27, 1953	April 20, 1953	April 18, 1957

Llewellyn Thompson	Colorado	June 3, 1957	July 16, 1957	July 27, 1962

Foy D. Kohler	Ohio	August 20, 1962	September 27, 1962	November 14, 1966

Llewellyn Thompson	Colorado	October 13, 1966	January 23, 1967	January 14, 1969

Jacob D. Beam	March 14, 1969	April 18, 1969	January 24, 1973	Adolph Dubs served as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim between January 1973 and March 1974.

Walter J. Stoessel, Jr.	December 19, 1973	March 4, 1974	September 13, 1976

Malcolm Toon	New York	November 24, 1976	January 18, 1977	October 16, 1979	Commissioned during a recess of the Senate; recommissioned after confirmation on June 8, 1977.

Thomas J. Watson, Jr.	Connecticut	October 10, 1979	October 29, 1979	January 15, 1981

Arthur A. Hartman	Maryland	September 28, 1981	October 26, 1981	February 20, 1987

Jack F. Matlock, Jr.	Florida	March 12, 1987	April 6, 1987	August 11, 1991

Robert S. Strauss	Texas	August 2, 1991	August 24, 1991	November 19, 1992	Commissioned to the USSR - continued to serve as Ambassador to Russia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Sentence(s)

Walter Bedell Smith served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1948.

final_sentence: Walter Bedell Smith served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1948.