Embassy of
Great Britain in Moscow, the Russian Federation:
Embassy of the United Kingdom in the Russian Federation:
British Embassy in Russia:
121099 Moscow
10 Smolenskaya Naberezhnaya
Tel: 00 7 095 956 7200
Fax: 00 7 095 956 7201
Opening hours:
MONDAY TO FRIDAY: 0900-1700
The British Consulate-General in St Petersburg,
Russia:
The British Consulate-General opened in 1992. There are six permanent
UK-based diplomatic and around 20 locally-engaged staff at the Consulate.
The Consulate-General issues around 14,000 visas a year and provides
the normal range of Consular services for British citizens. Other
priority areas are Trade & Investment work and Public Diplomacy
projects. The Consular district covered by the British Consulate-General
in St Petersburg is: St Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Novgorod,
Pskov, Murmansk, Archangel, Vologda and Republic of Karelia.
Address:
191124 St Petersburg
Pl. Proletarskoy Diktatury, 5
Tel: 007 812 320 3200
Fax: 007 812 320 3211
E-mail: bcgspb@peterlink.ru
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday - 0900-1700
The British Consulate General in Ekaterinburg,
Russia:
The British Consulate General in Ekaterinburg was opened at first
as The Trade Representation in 1995. From 1997 it became a full
Consulate with the Visa Department for processing visas for travel
to the UK and Dependent Territories. In the financial year 2003-2004
the Consulate received almost 5000 applications, and increase of
more than 100% over the last 4 years. There has been a big increase
of business activity as well between UK and Urals companies.
The British Consulate General in Ekaterinburg now has three main
sections – Trade & Investment Section, Visa Section and
Press & Public Affairs Section.
The Consular District covers ten subjects of the Russian Federation:
Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Perm, Kurgan, Orenburg, and Tyumen Oblasts,
Republic of Bashkortostan, Republic of Udmurtia, Khanty-Mansiysk
Autonomous Okrug, and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
Address:
15a Gogolya St.
Ekaterinburg 620075
Russia
Tel: 007 343 379 4931(general enquiries)
Tel: 007 343 355 9201(visa enquiries – only after 13:30)
Fax: 007 343 359 2901 (general)
Fax: 007 343 379 4935 (visa)
This Consulate is not very accessible.
If you need any special arrangements please call:
from the UK - 007 9122314991
locally - 89122314991
Working hours:
Monday - Friday: 09:00 – 17:00
Embassy of Gabon
in Moscow, the Russian Federation :
Denejny str., 16.
Phone: 241-15-85, 241-00-80
Fax: 244-06-94
Embassy of Georgia in Moscow, the Russian Federation
:
Maly Rjevsky str., 6.
Phone: 290-69-02
Fax: 291-59-90
Embassy of Germany in Moscow, the Russian Federation
:
Mosfilmovskaya str., 56.
Phone: 956-10-80
Phone: 936-24-01
Visa office: 936-26-93, 936-26-94
Embassy of Ghana in Moscow, the Russian Federation
:
Skatertny str., 14.
Phone: 202-18-70, 202-18-71, 202-18-90
Telex: 413475 GHANA SU
Fax: 202-29-41
Embassy of Greece in Moscow, the Russian Federation
:
Leontievsky str., 4.
Phone: 290-57-42, 291-14-46, 290-45-58
Secretary: 290-10-34, 290-53-82
Telex: 413472 GREMB SU
Fax: 200-12-52
Consular office: Trubnicovsky str., 23.
Phone: 202-16-40, 202-48-16, 202-12-29
Military Attache: 290-13-63
Publish office: 290-54-42
Economic and Trade office: 290-47-53
Embassy of Guatemala in Moscow, the Russian Federation
:
Korovy Val str., 7, ap. 92
Phone: 238-22-14
Consular office: 238-59-14
Fax: 956-62-70
Embassy of Guinea in Moscow, the Russian Federation
:
Pomerancev str., 6.
Phone: 201-36-01
Telex: 413404 AMGUI SU
Fax: 220-21-38
Russia - Background
Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able
to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries)
and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities.
In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynasty continued this
policy of expansion across Siberia to the Pacific. Under PETER I
(ruled 1682-1725), hegemony was extended to the Baltic Sea and the
country was renamed the Russian Empire. During the 19th century,
more territorial acquisitions were made in Europe and Asia. Repeated
devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread
rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow
in 1917 of the imperial household. The Communists under Vladimir
LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule
of Josef STALIN (1928-53) strengthened Russian dominance of the
Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet
economy and society stagnated in the following decades until General
Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness)
and perestroika (restructuring) in an attempt to modernize Communism,
but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December
1991 splintered the USSR into 15 independent republics. Since then,
Russia has struggled in its efforts to build a democratic political
system and market economy to replace the strict social, political,
and economic controls of the Communist period. While some progress
has been made on the economic front, recent years have seen a recentralization
of power under Vladimir PUTIN and an erosion in nascent democratic
institutions. A determined guerrilla conflict still plagues Russia
in Chechnya.
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