Embassy of the United States, Kuybyshev
Embassy of the United States, Kuybyshev | |
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Location | Kuybyshev (now Samara), Soviet Union |
Address | 62 Nekrasov Street |
Coordinates | 53°11′18″N 50°05′56″E / 53.188461748224285°N 50.09886716503386°E |
Opened | 1941 |
Closed | 1943 |
Ambassador | Laurence Steinhardt, William Standley |
Jurisdiction | Soviet Union |
The Embassy of the United States, Kuybyshev (Russian: Посольство США в Куйбышеве) was the former diplomatic representation of the United States in the Soviet Union located in the city of Kuybyshev (now Samara) during the years 1941–43.[1] It was situated at 62 Nekrasov Street in an old building.[2][3]
Background
[edit]At the onset of evacuation, the US ambassador to the Soviet Union was Laurence Steinhardt. He traveled seven days by train to go some 400 miles east to Kuybyshev, leaving behind a skeleton staff in Moscow, including Llewellyn Thompson.[4][5] Steinhardt was soon appointed to the US Ambassador to Turkey, and on February 14, 1942, Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed William Standley as the ambassador to the Soviet Union, a post he held into the autumn of 1943. A military mission with extraordinary powers was established at the embassy.[6]
References
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- ^ "Американские послы и посланники в России". Archived from the original on 2011-12-07. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
- ^ МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЕ ПЕРЕГОВОРЫ В САМАРЕ