# List of ambassadors of Russia to Denmark

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Denmark is the official representative of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation to the Prime Minister and the Government of Denmark.
The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Copenhagen. The post of Russian Ambassador to Denmark is currently held by Vladimir Barbin [ru], incumbent since 12 December 2018.

## History of diplomatic relations

Diplomatic exchanges between Russia and Denmark date back to the fifteenth century, with the signing of a mutual assistance pact in 1493 between the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Kingdom of Denmark. In 1700 a permanent diplomatic mission of the Tsardom of Russia was established in Denmark in 1700, and in 1893, during the period of the Russian Empire, representation was upgraded to the level of embassies.
Despite the disruption to international relations caused by the Russian Revolution in 1917, diplomatic contacts were quickly established between the nascent Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, with the appointment of Vatslav Vorovsky as diplomatic representative to the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Vorovsky's appointment was shortlived, as countries began withdrawing diplomatic recognition of envoys from the Soviet state, and there followed a period without representation until the appointment in 1923 of Tsezar Geyn [ru] as representative of the Soviet Union to Denmark. It was during Geyn's tenure that on 18 June 1924 the Soviet mission was officially established in Denmark, with Geyn serving as the officially accredited representative. Representation continued at the level of missions throughout the German invasion and occupation of Denmark in 1940, until the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. In April 1944 the Soviet Union established contacts and assigned a representative to the clandestine Danish Freedom Council.
Relations between the Soviet Union and Denmark were resumed after the war in May 1945, with the appointment of Andrey Plakhin [ru] as envoy. Relations were upgraded to the level of embassies in August 1955, and following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, ambassadors have continued to be exchanged between the Kingdom of Denmark and the Russian Federation.

## List of representatives (1658 – present)
### Representatives of the Tsardom of Russia to the Kingdom of Denmark (1700 – 1720)

| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
| Andrey Izmaylov [ru] | Envoy | August 1700 | 4 September 1707 | |
| Vasily Dolgorukov | Envoy | 4 September 1707 | 17 July 1720 | |

### Representatives of the Russian Empire to the Kingdom of Denmark (1721 – 1917)

| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination |
| Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin | Resident | 1721 | 1731 |
| Kazimir Brakel [ru] | Minister Plenipotentiary | 1 February 1731 | 28 November 1734 |
| Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin | Resident | 1734 | 1740 |
| Johann Korff | Envoy | 27 March 1740 | 18 February 1741 |
| Piotr Chernyshev | Envoy | 18 February 1741 | 31 October 1741 |
| Johann Korff | Envoy | 18 February 1741 | 23 January 1746 |
| Aleksey Pushkin [ru] | Envoy | 23 January 1746 | 31 May 1747 |
| Nikita Panin | Envoy | 1747 | 1748 |
| Johann Korff | Envoy | 31 January 1748 | 27 March 1766 |
| Mikhail Filosofov [ru] | Envoy | 1766 | 1770 |
| Ivan Mestmakher | Comptroller of Mission | 27 June 1770 | November 1772 |
| Ivan Simolin | Envoy | 1772 | 1774 |
| Karl Osten-Saken [ru] | Envoy | 1775 | 1784 |
| Andrey Razumovsky | Envoy | 1784 | May 1786 |
| Aleksey Kridener [ru] | Envoy | 1786 | 1794 |
| Ivan Shtakelberg | Envoy | 1794 | 1797 |
| Rodion Koshelev [ru] | Envoy | 30 April 1797 | 24 October 1798 |
| Ivan Muravyov-Apostol | Minister-Resident | 1799 | 1800 |
| Vasily Lizakevich [ru] | Envoy | 13 September 1800 | 14 October 1815 |
| Isaak van Brinen | Chargé d'affaires | 1815 | 1816 |
| Pavel Nikolai [ru] | Envoy | 13 May 1816 | 30 April 1847 |
| Ernest Ungern-Shternberg [ru] | Envoy | 17 August 1847 | 7 November 1860 |
| Nikolai Nikolai [ru] | Envoy | 7 November 1860 | 2 October 1867 |
| Arthur von Mohrenheim | Envoy | 2 October 1867 | 13 July 1882 |
| Karl Tol [ru] | Envoy | 13 July 1882 | 2 February 1893 |
| Mikhail Muravyov | Ambassador | 14 February 1893 | 1 January 1897 |
| Alexander von Benckendorff | Ambassador | 4 February 1897 | 1902 |
| Alexander Izvolsky | Ambassador | 24 October 1902 | 20 April 1906 |
| Ivan Kudashev [ru] | Ambassador | 1906 | 20 September 1910 |
| Karlos von Buxhoeveden [ru] | Ambassador | 1910 | 3 March 1917 |

### Representatives of the Russian Provisional Government to the Kingdom of Denmark (1917)

| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
| Matvey Sevastopulo | Envoy | 3 June 1917 | 26 October 1917 | |

### Representatives of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic to the Kingdom of Denmark (1917 – 1919)

| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination | Notes |
| Vatslav Vorovsky | Diplomatic Representative | November 1917 | 1919 | |

### Representatives of the Soviet Union to the Kingdom of Denmark (1923 – 1991)

| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination |
| Tsezar Geyn [ru] | Diplomatic Representative | 1923 | 20 November 1924 |
| Mikhail Kobetsky | Plenipotentiary | 10 December 1924 | 1 July 1933 |
| Fyodor Raskolnikov | Plenipotentiary | 1 July 1933 | 31 August 1934 |
| Nikolai Tikhmenev [ru] | Plenipotentiary | 21 September 1934 | 1 January 1938 |
| Ivan Vlasov | Chargé d'affaires | 1939 | 22 June 1941 |
| Diplomatic relations interrupted (1941 - 1945) |||||
| Andrey Plakhin [ru] | Envoy | 22 June 1945 | 15 July 1950 |
| Mikhail Vetrov [ru] | Envoy | 15 July 1950 | 3 June 1954 |
| Ivan Sysoev [ru] | Envoy | 3 June 1954 | 19 July 1955 |
| Nikolai Slavin [ru] | Envoy Ambassador after 16 September 1955 | 19 July 1955 | 9 September 1958 |
| Kliment Lyovychkin [ru] | Ambassador | 7 December 1958 | 18 February 1966 |
| Ivan Ilyichev | Ambassador | 18 February 1966 | 16 November 1968 |
| Aleksandr Orlov [ru] | Ambassador | 16 November 1968 | 3 July 1969 |
| Nikolai Yegorychev [ru] | Ambassador | 18 April 1970 | 18 May 1984 |
| Lev Mendelevich [ru] | Ambassador | 18 May 1984 | 12 March 1986 |
| Boris Pastukhov [ru] | Ambassador | 12 March 1986 | 15 September 1989 |
| Gennady Vedernikov [ru] | Ambassador | 11 October 1989 | 13 December 1991 |

### Representatives of the Russian Federation to the Kingdom of Denmark (1991 – present)

| Name | Title | Appointment | Termination |
| Alexey Obukhov | Ambassador | 22 April 1992 | 25 November 1996 |
| Aleksandr Chepurin [ru] | Ambassador | 25 November 1996 | 15 December 1999 |
| Nikolay Bordyuzha | Ambassador | 21 December 1999 | 16 April 2003 |
| Dmitry Rurikov [ru] | Ambassador | 1 August 2003 | 14 September 2007 |
| Teimuraz Ramishvili | Ambassador | 14 September 2007 | 6 April 2012 |
| Mikhail Vanin | Ambassador | 6 April 2012 | 12 December 2018 |
| Vladimir Barbin [ru] | Ambassador | 12 December 2018 | |