List of ambassadors of Russia to North Korea

The ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the official representative of the president and the government of the Russian Federation to the supreme leader and the government of North Korea.

The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in Pyongyang. The post of Russian ambassador to North Korea is currently vacant since December 6, 2025 due to the death of Aleksandr Matsegora.

History of diplomatic relations

The Russian Empire established relations with the Joseon Dynasty in 1884. However Korea was deprived of its right to conduct independent foreign policy by the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905, while the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (the eventual successor to the Russian Empire) did not formally recognise the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in exile. In 1948, three years after the end of Japanese rule in Korea, the USSR recognised only one government on the Korean peninsula—the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly North Korea. Relations continue up to the present day, with the Russian Federation as the USSR's successor state.

List of heads of mission

Ministers from the Russian Empire to the Chosun Dynasty

• Karl Ivanovich Weber, appointed October 14, 1885

Ministers from the Russian Empire to the Korean Empire

• Karl Ivanovich Weber (continued from above)
• Alexey Shpeyer, appointed March 28, 1898
• Paul Pavlov, appointed December 13, 1898.

Ambassadors from the Soviet Union to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1948–1991)

Ambassadors from the Russian Federation to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1991–present)

See also

• Russia–Korea Treaty of 1884
• List of diplomatic missions in North Korea
• List of Ambassadors from Russia to South Korea

Notes

References

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