List of ambassadors of India to Russia
(Redirected from Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union)
The following people have served as ambassadors of India to Russia and its predecessor state, the Soviet Union:[1]
| Ambassador of India to Russia | |
|---|---|
 | |
Incumbent D.B. Venkatesh Varma since 2018 | |
| Seat | Moscow, Russia |
| Inaugural holder | Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit |
| Formation | 1947 |
Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union edit
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit | 
|
1947 | 1949 | First Woman President of the United Nations General Assembly (1953) |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | 
|
1949 | 1952 | 2nd President of India (1962–1967) |
| Kumara Padma Sivasankara Menon | 1952 | 1961 | ||
| Subimal Dutt | 1961 | 1962 | ||
| T. N. Kaul | 1962 | 1966 | ||
| Kewal Singh | 1966 | 1968 | ||
| Durga Prasad Dhar | 1969 | 1971 | ||
| K. S. Shelvankar | 1971 | 1975 | ||
| Durga Prasad Dhar | 1975 | 1975 | ||
| Inder Kumar Gujral | 
|
1976 | 1980 | 12th Prime Minister of India (1997–1998) |
| V. K. Ahuja | 1980 | 1983 | ||
| Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 
|
1983 | 1986 | Governor of several Indian states |
| T. N. Kaul | 1986 | 1989 | ||
| A. S. Gonsalves | 1989 | 1992 |
Ambassador of India to Russia edit
| Name | Image | Entered office | Left office | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronen Sen | .jpg)
|
1992 | 1998 | Former Indian ambassador to US and High Commissioner to UK | |
| Satinder Kumar Lambah | 1998 | 2001 | |||
| K. Raghunath | 2001 | 2004 | |||
| Kanwal Sibal | 
|
2004 | 2007 | 24th Foreign Secretary of India (2001-02) | |
| Prabhat Prakash Shukla | 2007 | 2011 | |||
| Ajai Malhotra | 
|
2011 | 2013 | ||
| P. S. Raghavan | 2014 | 2016 | |||
| Pankaj Saran | .jpg)
|
2016 | 2018 | Deputy National Security Advisor (2018-2022) | |
| D. Bala Venkatesh Varma | 2018 | 2021 | |||
| Pavan Kapoor | 2021 | Current |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Indian Ambassadors to Russia". Archived from the original on 2018-08-28. Retrieved 2014-08-13.