# List of ambassadors of Greece to Russia

The Greek Ambassador to Russia is the ambassador of the Greek government to the government of Russia.
| Diplomatic accreditation | Ambassador | Greek language | Russian language | Observations | List of prime ministers of Greece | List of prime ministers of Russia |
| 1834 | Michael Soutzos | el:Μιχαήλ Σούτσος | ru:Михаил Суцу (младший) | | Ioannis Kolettis | Nicholas I of Russia |
| 1850 | Constantino Zografos | el:Κωνσταντίνος Ζωγράφος | Зографос Константинос | (* born in 1796, dies in 1856) Otto I of Greece was forced to trust in 1837 the highest political authority, Foreign Affairs, to a Greek, the then ambassador in Constantinople, Constantino Zografos. But he resigned in March 1840. | Antonios Kriezis | Nicholas I of Russia |
| 1855 | Ioannis Soutsos | el:Ιωάννης Σούτσος | Сутсос Иоаннис | Chargé d'affaires Juan Soutsou (1804–1890) for the magazine en: To Asty 1887 | Dimitrios Voulgaris | Alexander II of Russia |
| July 27, 1859 | Ioannis Soutsos | el:Ιωάννης Σούτσος | Сутсос Иоаннис | Ambassador | Athanasios Miaoulis | Alexander II of Russia |
| 1837 | Andreas Metaxas | el:Ανδρέας Π. Μεταξάς | ru:Метаксас, Андреас | | Alexandros Koumoundouros | Alexander II of Russia |
| 1869 | Márkos Dragoúmis [fr] | el:Μάρκος Δραγούμης | bg:Маркос Драгумис | Chargé d'affaires | Thrasyvoulos Zaimis | Alexander II of Russia |
| 1871 | Dimitrios Bountouris | el:Δημήτριος Μπουντούρης | Бунтурис Димитриос | | Alexandros Koumoundouros | Alexander II of Russia |
| 1874 | Petros Brailas-Armenis [de] | el:Πέτρος Βράιλας Αρμένης | ru:Браилас-Арменис, Петрос | Petros Brailas-Armenis (Born in 1812 in Corfu; † died 1884 in London. | Dimitrios Voulgaris | Alexander II of Russia |
| 1875 | Spyridon Markoras | Σπυρίδων Μαρκοράς | Маркорас Спиридон | Chargé d'affaires | Charilaos Trikoupis | Alexander II of Russia |
| 1886 | Mavrokordatos Nikolaos | el:Νικόλαος Μαυροκορδάτος (1837-1903) | Маврокордатос Николаос | Mavrokordatos Nikolaos (* Trieste in 1837; † on January 31, 1903, in Athens) He was a son of Alexander Mavrokordatou and Harikleia Argyropoulou. He studied laws in Athens and Paris. In August 1858 he was appointed second secretary of the Greek embassy in Istanbul. From 1866 to 1869 he was Prefect of Corfu. He was then elected deputy with the TRIKOUPI party and served as Minister of Religious Education and public in the government Trikoupi 1878 and the government of 1880. From 1882 to 1885 he was Greek Ambassador to France Paris. From 1886 to 1889 he was Ambassador in Saint Petersburg. From 1889 to 1902 he was Greek Ambassador to Turkey (Constantinople). In 1895 he participated in the negotiations of the London agreement. In 1897 he signed as Greece's representative peace treaty in Istanbul between Greece and Turkey. *In 1902 he resigned as re-elected deputy ambassador. In case of resignation of Alejandro Zaimis considered as predominant successor to the leadership of the TRIKOUPI party. There was also president of the association "for the dissemination of Greek letters" in the period 1871–1882.]] | Charilaos Trikoupis | Alexander III of Russia |
| 1889 | Dimitrios Panas | Δημήτριος Πάνω | Панас Димитриос | Chargé d'affaires, From August 18, 1913, to December 22, 1913 he was Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece). *March 1914: Greek Ambassador to Turkey (Sublime Porte). | Charilaos Trikoupis | Alexander III of Russia |
| 1916 | Dimitrios Panas | Δημήτριος Πάνω | Панас Димитриос | Ambassador | Eleftherios Venizelos | Alexander Trepov |
| 1890 | Kleon Rangavis [de] | el:Κλέων Ρίζος Ραγκαβής | Рангавис Клеон | Kleon Rizos Rangavis (* Born on October 10, 1842, in Athens; † dies on January 20, 1917, in Nice) was a Greek scholar, dramatist and diplomat. He was the son of Alexandros Rizos Rangavis. | Charilaos Trikoupis | Alexander III of Russia |
| 1891 | Papparigopoulos Michael | el:Μιχαήλ Παπαρρηγόπουλος | Паппаригопулос Михаил | Michael Paparrigopoulos (* 1840 in Athens; † 1920) He was first-born son of I. Paparrigopoulos. He studied laws at the University of Munich and then returned to Greece entered the Diplomatic Career. From 1875 to 1880: Charge d'affaires of the Greek Ambassador to Italy in Rome. From 1891 to 1892: Minister Plenipotentiary in St. Petersburg. In 1892 he was Greek Ambassador to Romania (Bucharest), where Evangelos Zappas dies in December 1891 and At the end of his career, he was appointed Lord Chambelán of George I of Greece. | Theodoros Diligiannis | Alexander III of Russia |
| April 1892 | Levidis George | Λεβίδης Γεώργιος | Левидис Георгиос | Chargé d'affaires | Konstantinos Konstantopoulos | Alexander III of Russia |
| 1892 | Tobazis Alexander | Αλέξανδρος Τομπάζης | Томпазис Александрос | Chargé d'affaires | Konstantinos Konstantopoulos | Alexander III of Russia |
| 1907 | Ion Dragoumis | el:Ίων Δραγούμης | ru:Драгумис, Ион | Ion Dragumis (* September 2, 1878 in Athens; † August 13, 1920 ibid) His grandfather Markos Dragoumis was a leader of the Greek Revolution. Ion Dragoumis was one of the eleven children of Stephanos Dragoumis, who belonged to the exteriors, the Ministers of the Interior and Finance and 1910 many governments as prime minister. Dragoumis studied Laws at the University of Athens. In 1897 he was volunteer in the Turkish-Greek war. In 1899 he entered the diplomatic service. He served as vice-consul in Monastir and consul in Serres, Plovdiv, Burgas and Alexandroupolis. In 1907 he was transferred to the Embassy in Istanbul. During his stay in Alexandria he met the writer Penelope Delta, with whom a passionate love and correspondence years linked him to Dragoumis 1912, the actress Marika Kotopouli returned. During the First Balkan War, he served as Minister of the Crown Prince and later King Constantine I in Thessaloniki. In 1915 Dragoumis moved from the diplomatic service in politics. In the controversy between monarchists and republicans supporters of Eleftherios Venizelos, was one of the most decisive opponents of the latter. He put himself elected as a member of the Florina in the Greek Parliament. Due to disagreements with the king, who opposed the entry into the war, even after the occupation of a large part of East Macedonia by Bulgaria, shows Dragoumis 1917 had to go into exile in Corsica. Once at Eleftherios Venizelos he was assassinated at the Gare de Lyon in Paris on August 12, 1920. Dragoumis was killed the next day by supporters of Venizelos. | Georgios Theotokis | Piotr Stolypin |
| 1902 | George Argyropoulos | Γεώργιος Αργυρόπουλος | Аргиропулос, Георгиос | | Alexandros Zaimis | Nicholas II of Russia |
| 1909 | Nikolaos Theotokis | el:Νικόλαος Θεοτόκης | Теотокис Николаос | Chargé d'affaires, (* 1878, dies on November 15, 1922, in Goudi) Politician and diplomat, Member of Parliament of Corfu. He was brother of Ioannis Theotokis. He studied in Athens, Paris and Berlin. 1910-1914: Chargé d'affaires in Berlin, from 1914 to 1917 he was Greek Ambassador in Germany [de] Berlin. In 1920 he was elected deputy of Corfu and became Minister of Justice and military. After the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) he was sentenced to death and was shot in Goudi on November 15, 1922. In 2010, at the request of Michael Protopapadaki since 2008, the grandson of the former Prime Minister Pedro Protopapadaki, was definitely dismissed by the Supreme Court the prosecution of six (including, and Nicolás María) due to the limitation. | Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis | Piotr Stolypin |
| 1910 | Pantelis Psychas | Ψύχας Παντελής | Психас Пантелис | Chargé d'affaires Pantelis George Psycha (* 17 Mar 1874 in Marseille; † dies on October 9, 1924, in Paris) | Stefanos Dragoumis | Piotr Stolypin |
| 1914 | John Dragoumis | Δραγούμης Ιωάννης | Драгумис Иоаннис | (1878–1920) | Eleftherios Venizelos | Iván Goremykin |
| May 1915 | Dimitrios Kaklamanos | el:Δημήτριος Κακλαμάνος | Какламанос Димитриос | Chargé d'affaires, Dimitrios Kaklamanos (* born in Nauplia in 1867; † dies in 1949) was a diplomat, journalist and writer and corresponding member of the Athens Academy. Kaklamanos was director of the police newspaper in 1892 and then editor of the New Asty 1901–1907. In 1907 he was consul in Odessa. From 1910 to 1912 he was secretary of the Greek embassy in Paris. From 1912 to 1914 he was Chargé d'affaires of the Greek Ambassador to Italy. From 1915 to 1916 he was in St. Petersburg, director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1914-1915 and ambassador to Washington, St. Petersburg, Stockholm and London, and a Greek representative on the board of the League of Nations. On July 24, 1923, he signed with Eleftherios Venizelos, the Final Act of the Treaty of Lausanne (Lausanne Treaty / final Praxis). He received the award of the Order of Christ the Archangel | Eleftherios Venizelos | Iván Goremykin |
| June 1917 | Dimitrios Kaklamanos | el:Δημήτριος Κακλαμάνος | Какламанос Димитриос | Ambassador | Eleftherios Venizelos | Knyaz Nikolai Golitsyn |
| 1921 | Alexios Pallis | Αλέξιος Πάλλης | Паллис Алексиос | | Dimitrios Gounaris | Knyaz Nikolai Golitsyn |
| 1924 | Michael Tsamados | el:Μιχάλης Τσαμαδός | Майкл Тсамадас | January 1919: Chargé d'affaires at the Embassy of Greece, Washington, D.C. The Greek envoy leaves for Soviet Russia. For the first time since the revolution in November 1917, Greece and Russia are once again in friendly relations. Michael Tsamados, the Greek Minister in Washington, has been chosen as the prime minister of the Greek republic to Soviet Russia. Mr. Tsamados has already left the United States to take charge of his new position. The former Greek prime minister, the United States is recognized as one of the most capable men in the diplomatic service of the European republic. The factthat has been named to shows Soviet Russia made Greece Recognizes the importance and value of having friendly relations with the Soviet Republic. Mr. Tsamados has spent several years in Germany, Macedonia, the United States, and is a great-grandson of one of the distinguished naval leaders in the Greek War of Independence. His father what the president of the Greek Boule in 1909. | Alexandros Papanastasiou | Vladimir Lenin |
| 1924 | Mavroudes Nikolaos | el:Νικόλαος Μαυρουδής | bg:Николаос Маврудис | (* Born in 1873; † Died in 1942) was a Greek diplomat and activist in the Macedonian struggle. He was appointed first proconsul the Greek consulate in Kavala and supported parallel Greek propaganda in the region. Together with Metropolitano Crisóstomo, Teatro and Stilyanos Mavromichalis organize Greek propaganda in the regions of Drama and rules. From 1910 to 1911, the Greek consul in Bitola. 1930 ambassador in Rome. Acts as Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece in Panagis Tsaldaris. From 7 to March 10, 1933: Minister of Foreign Affairs, only to renounce all government, on this day. | Alexandros Papanastasiou | Alekséi Rýkov |
| 1925 | Lagoudakis George | Γεώργιος Λαγουδάκη | Лагудакис Георгиос | | Theodoros Pangalos (general) | Alekséi Rýkov |
| 1926 | Panouriás Nákos | Νάκος Πανουριά | Пануриас Накос | | Eleftherios Venizelos | Alekséi Rýkov |
| 1929 | Anisás Nikólaos | Νικόλαος Ανισά | Анисас Николаос | Chargé d'affaires | Eleftherios Venizelos | Alekséi Rýkov |
| August 14, 1930 | Psarouda Constantino | Κωνσταντίνος Ψαρούδα | Псарудас Константинос | From November 2, 1918 he was Consul General in New York City. From 1920 to 1922 he was Greek Ambassador to Italy. From 1926 to 1927 he was Greek Ambassador to the Czech Republic From August 14, 1930 to 1933 he was Ambassador in Moscow. | Eleftherios Venizelos | Viacheslav Molotov |
| 1933 | Polychroniadis Spyridon | Σπυρίδων Πολυχρονιάδη | Полихрониадис Спиридон | | Panagis Tsaldaris | Viacheslav Molotov |
| 1935 | Stephen John | Ιωάννης Στεφάνο | Стефану Иоаннис | Chargé d'affaires | Georgios Kondylis | Viacheslav Molotov |
| 1936 | Jean Pappas | Ιωάννης Παππά | Паппас Иоаннис | | Ioannis Metaxas | Viacheslav Molotov |
| July 1937 | Jean Kindynis | Ιωάννης Κινδύνη | Киндинис Иоаннис | (* ~ 1900) he has served in the United Kingdom, France, Turkey, Hungary, the Soviet Union and Sweden. 1938: Charge d'affaires in Stockholm. 1949: extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary in Vienna. autumn 1952: Manager of the Greek delegation to the 6th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. 1955: John Kindynis was appointed Greek Ambassador to Sweden in Stockholm and the other Scandinavian states in place of Dimitrios Georgios Argyropoulos who has been appointed Greek Ambassador to Brazil in Rio de Janeiro in succession to Georgios Sambelis, who has been appointed Greek Ambassador to South Africa in Pretoria. | Ioannis Metaxas | Viacheslav Molotov |
| January 1938 | Nikolopoulos Dimitrios | Δημήτριος Νικολόπουλο | Димитриос Николопулос | | Ioannis Metaxas | Viacheslav Molotov |
| 1938 | Spyridon Mercados | Σπυρίδων Μαρκέτη | Маркетис Спиридон | | Ioannis Metaxas | Viacheslav Molotov |
| 1940 | Christophe Diamantopoulos | Χρήστος Διαμαντόπουλο | Диамантопулос Христос | | Ioannis Metaxas | Viacheslav Molotov |
| 1941 | Panagiotis Pipinelis | Παναγιώτης Πιπινέλη | Пипинелис Панагиотис | | Georgios Tsolakoglou | Joseph Stalin |
| 1942 | Constantino Sourlas | Κωνσταντίνος Σούρλα | Сурлас Константинос | Chargé d'affaires | Konstantinos Logothetopoulos | Joseph Stalin |
| 1943 | Athanase George Politis | Αθανάσιος Πολίτη | Политис Афанасиос | | Ioannis Rallis | Joseph Stalin |
| 1947 | Basilio Neophytos | Βασίλειος Νεόφυτο | Неофитос Василиос | | Dimitrios Maximos | Joseph Stalin |
| 1948 | Alexander Sgourdaios | Αλέξανδρος Σγουρδαίο | СгурдЭос Александрос | Chargé d'affaires | Themistoklis Sofoulis | Joseph Stalin |
| 1964 | Alexander Sgourdaios | Αλέξανδρος Σγουρδαίο | СГУРДЭОС Александрос | Ambassador | Georgios Papandreou | Alexei Kosygin |
| 1951 | Thomas Ypsilanti | Θωμάς Υψηλάντη | Ипсилантис Фомас | Chargé d'affaires | Nikolaos Plastiras | Joseph Stalin |
| 1953 | Kountoumas Alexander | Αλέξανδρος Κουντουμά | Кунтумас Александрос | | Alexandros Papagos | Georgi Malenkov |
| 1956 | Cheimarios Constantino | Κωνσταντίνος Χειμαριό | Химариос Константинос | Chargé d'affaires | Konstantinos Karamanlis | Nikolai Bulganin |
| 1957 | Dimitrios Pappas | Δημήτριος Παππά | Паппас Димитриос | | Konstantinos Karamanlis | Nikolai Bulganin |
| March 15, 1960 | Kapsampeli George | Γεώργιος Καψαμπέλη | Капсампелис Георгиос | Chargé d'affaires | Konstantinos Karamanlis | Nikita Khrushchev |
| 1960 | George Christopoulos | Γεώργιος Χριστόπουλο | Христопулос Георгиос | | Konstantinos Karamanlis | Nikita Khrushchev |
| 1963 | Tzounis John | Ιωάννης Τζούνη | Тзунис Иоаннис | Chargé d'affaires | Konstantinos Karamanlis | Nikita Khrushchev |
| 1965 | Varsamis George | Γεώργιος Βαρσάμη | Варсамис Георгиос | | Georgios Papandreou | Alexei Kosygin |
| 1967 | Constantin Tsamados | Κωνσταντίνος Τσαμαδό | Тсамадос Константинос | Chargé d'affaires | Konstantinos Kollias | Alexei Kosygin |
| 1968 | Angelos Vlachos | Άγγελος Βλάχο | Влахос Ангелос | | Georgios Papadopoulos | Alexei Kosygin |
| 1972 | Alexander Dimitropoulos | Αλέξανδρος Δημητρόπουλο | Димитропулос Александрос | | Georgios Papadopoulos | Alexei Kosygin |
| 1976 | Kalogeras Pedro | Πέτρος Καλογερά | Калогерас Петрос | | Konstantinos Karamanlis | Alexei Kosygin |
| November 9, 1979 | Botsaris Timoleón-Notis | Τιμολέων-Νότης Μπότσαρη | Мпотсарис Тимолеон-Нотис | Chargé d'affaires | Konstantinos Karamanlis | Alexei Kosygin |
| 1979 | Metaxás Andréas | Ανδρέας Μεταξά | Метаксас, Андреас | | Konstantinos Karamanlis | Alexei Kosygin |
| 1984 | Ioannis Grigoriadis | Ιωάννης Γρηγοριάδη | Григориадис Иоаннис | | Andreas Papandreou | Nikolai Tíjonov |
| 1987 | Dountas Michael | Μιχαήλ Δούντα | Дунтас Михаил | | Andreas Papandreou | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 1988 | Sandis Aristides | Αριστείδης Σάνδη | Сандис Аристидис | Chargé d'affaires | Andreas Papandreou | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 1989 | Elias Gounaris | Ηλίας Γούναρη | Гунарис Илиас | | Tzannis Tzannetakis | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 1993 | Lymperopoylos Constantino | Κωνσταντίνος Λυμπερόπουλο | Либеропулос Константинос | | Andreas Papandreou | Víktor Chernomyrdin |
| 1994 | Rodousakis Kyriakos | Κυριάκος Ροδουσάκη | Родусакис Кириакос | | Andreas Papandreou | Víktor Chernomyrdin |
| 1997 | Dimitrios Kypreos | Δημήτριος Κυπραίο | Кипреос Димитриос | | Costas Simitis | Víktor Chernomyrdin |
| 2002 | Dimitrios Paraskevopoulos | Δημήτριος Παρασκευόπουλο | Параскевопулос Димитриос | | Costas Simitis | Mikhail Kasyanov |
| 2005 | Elias Klis | Ηλίας Κλή | Клис Илиас | (*1946 in Athens) He graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Athens. Since 1973 - the diplomatic service in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In particular, he worked in the rank of consul or ambassador of Greece in different countries. In addition, as the EU coordinator, dealing with issues of terrorism, immigration and free movement of citizens. Represented Greece in negotiations on accession to the Schengen Agreement. He speaks English, French and Romanian. Married, wife - Ersi Klis. It has the following awards: Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece); Grand Commander of the Order "For Merit" (France); Grand Commander of the Royal Order "For Merit" (Norway). | Kostas Karamanlis | Mikhail Fradkov |
| February 27, 2009 | Michael Spinellis | Μιχαήλ Σπινέλλης | ru:Спинеллис, Михаил | *On 27 February 2009 Mikhail Spinellis presented his credential letter as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hellenic Republic in the Russian Federation, to Dmitri Medvedev. Mikhail Spinellis (* March 26, 1953 in Athens). He is married and he has a daughter. In 1975 he graduated from the Faculty of Laws and Economics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. From 1976 to 1977 he served in the army. In 1979 he entered the diplomatic service. 1987: was Secretary of Embassy, Permanent Mission, Geneva. From February 15, 1993 until June 9, 1996 was Chargé d'affaires of the Greek Ambassador to Serbia (Belgrade). 1996: Counselor at the Embassy in London. From March 30, 2000 until June 9, 2005 was Greek Ambassador to Serbia in Belgrade. From 2008 to 2013 he was ambassador in Moscow and was simultaneously accredited in Tajikistan. | Kostas Karamanlis | Vladimir Putin |
| October 23, 2013 | Danae Magdalini Koumanakou | Δανάη-Μαγδαληνή Κουμανάκου | bg:Данаи-Магдалини Куманаку | On October 23, 2013 Danae Magdalini Koumanakou presented her credential letter as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hellenic Republic in the Russian Federation, to Vladimir Putin. Danae Magdalini Koumanakou (* 1954 in Athenes) From 2006 to 2013 she was Greek Ambassador in Bulgaria Sofia. She holds a degree in Sociology and Political Sciences from the University of Paris. | Antonis Samaras | Dmitri Medvedev |
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