The Russian Consulate General in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

was the

diplomatic Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, p ...

mission of the Russian Empire to the

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, in Jerusalem. The consulate was established in 1858, and operated in the city until 1914.

History

The

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n Consulate General was established in Jerusalem in December 1858. In 1914 the

was at war with the Russian Empire, forcing the Russian consuls to leave for

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. Since that time, the Russian diplomatic presence in Jerusalem ended. During

the British Mandate for Palestine The Mandate for Palestine was a League of Nations mandate for British administration of the territories of Palestine and Transjordan, both of which had been conceded by the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I in 1918. The manda ...

, the

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made the consulate building and its surroundings their administrative centre. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the consulate building is used by Jerusalem municipal departments.

List of Consuls

*Vladimir Dorgobozhinov 1858–1860 *Konstantin Sokolov 1860–1862 *Andrei Kratsov 1862–1867 *Vasily Kuznikov 1867–1876 *Nikolai Illarionov 1876–1878 *Kuznikov 1879–1884 *Alexander Gears 1884–1885 *Dmitriy Bukharov 1886–1888 *Alexey Pliev 1888–1889 *Sergey Maksimov 1889–1891 *Sergey Arsenyev 1891–1897 *Alexander Jacoblev 1897–1907 *Alexey Kruglov 1908-1914

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Russian Consulate General in Jerusalem Bilateral relations of the State of Palestine Bilateral relations of Russia