Consulate General of Russia, Houston

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Diplomatic Mission The Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Houston (Template:Langx) (General'noe konsul'stvo Rossiyskoy Federatsii v Kh'yustone) is Russia's diplomatic office in Houston, Texas, United States. It is located in Suite 1300 at Park Towers South.

The facility serves Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.[1] The consulate assists with the processing of passports, visas, and other officials docs.[2]

History

In October 2001 the U.S. and Russia formally agreed to establish a Houston consulate.[3] The Russian government approved the establishment on February 12, 2003.[3] On May 9 of that year the United States Department of State confirmed the appointment of Houston's first Russian consul General Nikolay V. Sofinskiy.[3] The facility opened on August 4, 2004.[4]

Russia opened a consulate in Houston due to its proximity to the aerospace and petroleum industries.[5] In a 2004 Houston Chronicle article Nikolai V. Sofinskiy stated that the Houston area had around 40,000 Russian speakers and that Houston's consulate could easily serve the southeastern United States.[5][6]

Consuls General of Russia in Houston

Name Date
Nikolay Vsevolodovich Sofinskiy (born 10 February 1958) [7] 2003—2008
Nikolay Yevgenyevich Babich (born 22 December 1948) [8] 2008—2011
Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (born 18 February 1960) [9] 2011—2017
Alexander Borisovich Pisarev (born 16 May 1956) [10] 2017—2020
Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (2nd term) 2020—September 2023
Aleksei G. Markov (born 1980) [11] 2025—Present

Gallery

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See also

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References

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  4. ↑ "THE HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL Template:Webarchive." Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Houston. Accessed October 12, 2012.
  5. ↑ a b Lezon, Dale. "Energy, space draw Russian consulate here." Houston Chronicle. May 26, 2004. A21 MetFront. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
  6. ↑ Miller, Doug. "Russian Consulate coming to HoustonScript error: No such module "Unsubst".." KHOU-TV. May 25, 2004. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
  7. ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments Template:Webarchive, December 2003. Retrieved on January 3, 2011
  8. ↑ Consulate General of Russia in Houston, information about the Consul General Template:Webarchive. Retrieved on January 3, 2011
  9. ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments. Retrieved on April 2, 2018
  10. ↑ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments. Retrieved on April 2, 2018
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External links

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