The ambassador and his staff work at large in the Embassy of Russia in La Paz.[3] The post of Russian Ambassador to Bolivia is currently held by Mikhail Ledenyov [ru], incumbent since 10 December 2020.[4]
Diplomatic relations between Bolivia and Russia date back to the 19th century. On 9 August 1898 the Bolivian ambassador to Paris, Francisco de Argadonia, presented his credentials to Emperor Nicholas II and was thereafter accredited as Bolivia's envoy to Russia.[5]
Relations at the mission level between the Soviet Union and Bolivia were first established on 18 April 1945.[1][5] There was no formal exchange of ambassadors however until 1969, when embassies were opened in both capitals.[1][5] The first Soviet ambassador to Bolivia, Aleksey Shcherbachevich [ru], was appointed on 26 March 1970.[1] With the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Soviet ambassador, Vladimir Kiselyov [ru], continued as representative of the Russian Federation until 1995.[1]
List of representatives (1970 – present)
Representatives of the Soviet Union to Bolivia (1970 – 1991)
^ abcdeПосольство СССР в Боливии (in Russian). Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Archived from the original on 2014-10-28. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
