List of ambassadors of Russia to the United Kingdom
| Head of mission (HOM) | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Semyon Vorontsov | 25 May 1801 | 15 May 1806 |
|
Pavel Stroganov
(Chargé d'affaires) |
10 May 1806 | 7 December 1806 |
|
Maxim Alopeus
(Special envoy) |
7 December 1806 | 2 February 1808 |
|
Pavel Sukhtelen
(Special envoy) |
30 August 1812 | 30 September 1812 |
|
Pavel Nikolai
(Chargé d'affaires) |
30 August 1812 | 18 September 1812 |
| Khristofor Liven | 18 September 1812 | 22 May 1834 |
|
Adam Matushevich
(Minister Plenipotentiary) |
7 July 1830 | 23 October 1830 |
|
Pavel Medem
(Chargé d'affaires) |
20 June 1834 | 31 January 1835 |
| Carlo Pozzo di Borgo | 5 January 1835 | 26 December 1839 |
|
Nikolai Kiselyov
(Chargé d'affaires) |
1839 | 1840 |
|
Phillip Brunnov
(Envoy) |
17 June 1840 | 18 December 1854 |
|
Mikhail Khreptovich
(Envoy) |
30 June 1856 | 8 February 1858 |
| Phillip Brunnov | 8 February 1858 | 21 May 1870 |
| Nikolay Orlov | 21 May 1870 | 28 November 1870 |
| Phillip Brunnov | 28 November 1870 | 22 July 1874 |
| Pyotr Shuvalov | 22 July 1874 | 19 October 1879 |
| Aleksei Lobanov-Rostovskii | 22 December 1879 | 13 July 1882 |
|
Aleksandr Davydov
(Chargé d'affaires) |
1882 | 1882 |
| Arthur von Mohrenheim | 13 July 1882 | 8 February 1884 |
| Yegor Staal | 27 March 1884 | 30 August 1902 |
| Alexander von Benckendorff | 1902 | 29 December 1916 |
|
Konstantin Nabokov
(Chargé d'affaires) |
1916 | 1917 |
| Sergey Sazonov | January 1917 | 3 March 1917 |
|
Yevgeny Sablin
(Chargé d'affaires) |
1919 | 1924 |
|
Maxim Litvinov
(Plenipotentiary) |
January 1918 | September 1918 |
|
Leonid Krasin
(Plenipotentiary) |
1920 | July 1923 |
|
Christian Rakovsky
(Plenipotentiary) |
July 1923 | 30 October 1925 |
|
Leonid Krasin
(Plenipotentiary) |
30 October 1925 | 24 November 1926 |
|
Arkady Rosengolts
(Plenipotentiary) |
1926 | 26 May 1927 |
|
Grigori Sokolnikov
(Plenipotentiary) |
November 1929 | 14 September 1932 |
| Ivan Maisky | 8 November 1932 | 12 August 1943 |
| Fedor Gusev | 12 August 1943 | 22 August 1946 |
| Georgy Zarubin | 28 September 1946 | 13 June 1952 |
| Andrei Gromyko | 13 June 1952 | May 1953 |
| Yakov Malik | May 1953 | 11 January 1960 |
| Aleksandr Soldatov | 11 January 1960 | 25 January 1966 |
| Mikhail Smirnovsky | 25 January 1966 | 27 April 1973 |
| Nikolai Lunkov | 27 April 1973 | 5 November 1980 |
| Viktor Popov | 20 November 1980 | 10 April 1986 |
| Leonid Zamyatin | 10 April 1986 | 18 November 1991 |
| Boris Pankin | 19 November 1991 | 25 December 1991 |
| Boris Pankin | 25 December 1991 | 16 September 1993 |
| Anatoly Adamishin | 5 September 1994 | 6 June 1997 |
| Yury Fokin | 6 June 1997 | 20 January 2000 |
| Grigory Karasin | 6 March 2000 | 9 June 2005 |
| Yuri Fedotov | 9 June 2005 | 27 August 2010 |
| Alexander Yakovenko | 24 January 2011 | 26 August 2019 |
| Andrey Kelin | 5 November 2019 | Incumbent |
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