Consulate General of the United States, Vladivostok

U.S. Consulate General in Vladivostok
LocationVladivostok, Russia
AddressLeninsky District, Pushkinskaya Street, 32
Coordinates43°06′55″N 131°54′33″E / 43.11528°N 131.90917°E / 43.11528; 131.90917
OpeningSeptember 22, 1992 (re-established)
Closed2021
Websitehttps://ru.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/vladivostok/

Consulate General of the United States, Vladivostok (Russian: Генеральное консульство США во Владивостоке) was a diplomatic mission of the United States in Vladivostok, providing consular services to Russian and American citizens in the Far East and in Eastern Siberia. The consulate was located in the Leninsky District of Vladivostok, at Pushkinskaya Street, house 32. It was closed in 2021 due to staffing shortages.[1]

History

The first U.S. consulate in Vladivostok was opened during the Russian Empire era in 1875, but it was subsequently closed after the Soviet Revolution in 1923.[2] In 1940, the Soviet Union gave the United States permission to re-open its consulate in Vladivostok.[3][4] On May 16, 1941, the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs sent a note verbale to the United States Embassy in Moscow setting travel limitations on employees at the embassy and consulate.[4] On August 1948, the Soviet Union closed its consulates in New York and San Francisco, meaning the reciprocal closing of the US consulates in Leningrad and Vladivostok.[5][6][7][8]

The consulate was officially re-established on September 22, 1992, a year after the city was opened for visits by foreigners and Russian citizens in particular.[9][10][11]

In March 2020, the Consulate General of the U.S. in Vladivostok fully suspended the issuance of visas and consular services due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while the U.S. Consulate in Yekaterinburg limited its services to emergency cases only.[12] Soon afterwards, on April 1, 2021, it was announced that the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok would not be able to resume operations due to a staff shortage, and it again suspended its activities indefinitely. According to Consul General Louis Krishok, visa and consular services will be provided only at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and the U.S. consular agency in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.[1]

The Consulate General of the U.S. in Vladivostok included: a visa department, a press and culture department, and a representation of the United States Department of Agriculture.[13]

Consuls general

Term Consul Note
1875—? William Morton [2]
1992—1994 Randall Lecoq [11]
1994—1996 Desiree Millican [2]
1996—1998 Jane Miller Floyd [2]
1998—1999 Douglas Kent [2]
1999—2001 Lisbeth Rickerman [2]
2001—2002 James Schumaker [2]
2002—2004 Pamela Spratlen [2]
2004—2007 John M. Pommersheim [14]
2007—2010 Thomas Armbruster [15]
2010 Patricia Miller (acting) [16]
2010—2013 Sylvia Reed Curran [17]
2013—2016 Erik Anders Holm-Olsen [18]
2016—2019 Michael Keyes [19]
2019—2021 Louis Krishok [20]

References

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  3. ^ "Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near East and Africa, Volume III". history.state.gov. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, General, The Soviet Union, Volume I". history.state.gov. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
  5. ^ "Soviet, Ordering Its 2 Consulates Shut at Once". The New York Times. August 25, 1948. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
  6. ^ Chamberlin, William Henry (2007). "Coannihilation?". Russia's Iron Age. Read Books. p. 405. ISBN 978-1-4067-6820-6. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
  7. ^ "The unknown 165-year history of Russia's San Francisco consulate". rbth.com. September 2, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  8. ^ "История официального представительства Российской Федерации на территории современного консульского округа". sanfrancisco.mid.ru. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved June 21, 2025.
  9. ^ "U.S. Consulate Vladivostok General Information". Archived from the original on 2003-12-03. Retrieved 2003-12-03.
  10. ^ "Закрытый на 40 лет Владивосток: штамп "ЗП" в паспорте, фарцовка и фальшивые портовики". Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  11. ^ a b "DECISION FOR EUROPE; U.S. Establishes a Consulate In Vladivostok, Long Closed". The New York Times. 23 September 1992. Archived from the original on 2021-07-10. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  12. ^ "СМИ: США закрывает два последних консульства в России – во Владивостоке и Екатеринбурге". 19 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  13. ^ "Отделы консульства". Посольство и консульства США в Российской Федерации. Archived from the original on 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  14. ^ "John Mark Pommersheim — Biography". Archived from the original on 2004-12-09. Retrieved 2004-12-09.
  15. ^ "Consul General Tom Armbruster". Archived from the original on 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
  16. ^ "Patricia Miller". Archived from the original on 2010-06-29. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
  17. ^ "Consul General Sylvia Reed Curran". Archived from the original on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  18. ^ "Consul General Erik Anders Holm-Olsen". Archived from the original on 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
  19. ^ "U.S. Consul General Michael Keays". Archived from the original on 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  20. ^ "U.S. Consul General Louis Crishock". Archived from the original on 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
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