The U.S. Consulate General in St. Petersburg () is a former diplomatic mission of the USA in Saint Petersburg, providing consular services to Russian and American citizens in Northwestern Russia. The consulate general ceased its operations on March 31, 2018, at the request of the Russian authorities.
The official American diplomatic representation in the Russian Empire was originally located in Saint Petersburg since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1780. However, the credentials of Francis Dana were not accepted by the Russian court, thus making John Quincy Adams the first accredited Ambassador of the United States to Russia, who presented his credentials to Tsar Alexander I of Russia on November 5, 1809. When the Adams arrived at Saint Petersburg, Louisa hired a French chef to entertain a number of guests, including the Baroness Stroganova, the Bettancourts and the Colombis. But the cook forgot to make soup, to the distress of the guests, and subsequently of Adams. They always served soup after that.
In November 1863, William E. Phelps was appointed Consulate General, where he served for three years. The U.S. Embassy in Russia existed until 1919, when Ambassador David Francis left Russia during the Russian Civil War.
It resumed its work in 1933 in the USSR and in its new capital â Moscow. The U.S. Consulate General in Leningrad was opened in 1972 in the former revenue house of Schreyer. The consular district included ten subjects of the Russian Federation, covering, in addition to Saint Petersburg, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Vologda Oblast, Kaliningrad Oblast, Leningrad Oblast, Murmansk Oblast, Novgorod Oblast, and Pskov Oblast, Republic of Karelia, and Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
In March 2018, following the Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal, the U.S. authorities announced that the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Seattle must cease its operations. In response, Russia decided to close the U.S. Consulate in Saint Petersburg and expel 60 American diplomats from Russia. On March 31, diplomats removed office equipment, paintings, and furniture from the building, and on the evening of March 31, the mission staff removed the American flag from the building.
The Consulate General of the U.S. in Petersburg included: a consular section, political-economic section, press and culture department, U.S. Commercial Service, and representation of the United States Department of Agriculture.