Consulate-General of Russia in Houston

The Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Houston (Russian: Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Хьюстоне) General'noe konsul'stvo Rossiyskoy Federatsii v Kh'yustone) is Russia's diplomatic office in Houston, Texas, United States. It is located in Suite 1300 at Park Towers South.

Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Houston
Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Хьюстоне
LocationHouston, Texas, United States
Address1333 West Loop South, Suite 1300

The facility serves Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas. As of 2010 the consul general is Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov.[1]

History
Park Towers South, the building housing the Russian Consulate-General

In October 2001 the U.S. and Russia formally agreed to establish a Houston consulate. The Russian government approved the establishment on February 12, 2003. On May 9 of that year the United States Department of State confirmed the appointment of the consul general. The facility opened on August 4, 2004.[1]

Russia opened a consulate in Houston due to the proximity to aerospace and petroleum industries. In a 2004 Houston Chronicle article Nikolai V. Sofinskiy, the first consul general, stated that the Houston area had around 40,000 Russian speakers and that Houston's consulate could easily serve the southeastern United States.[2][3]

Consuls-General of Russia in Houston
  • 2003—2008 Nikolay Vsevolodovich Sofinskiy (born 10 February 1958)[4]
  • 2008—2011 Nikolay Yevgenyevich Babich (born 22 December 1948)[5]
  • 2011—2017 Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (born 18 February 1960)[6]
  • 2017— now Alexander Borisovich Pisarev (born 16 May 1956)[7]

See also
  • Diplomatic missions of Russia

References
  1. "THE HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE GENERAL Archived 2012-10-26 at the Wayback Machine." Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in Houston. Accessed October 12, 2012.
  2. Lezon, Dale. "Energy, space draw Russian consulate here." Houston Chronicle. May 26, 2004. A21 MetFront. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
  3. Miller, Doug. "Russian Consulate coming to Houston." KHOU-TV. May 25, 2004. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
  4. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments Archived 2011-06-15 at the Wayback Machine, December 2003. Retrieved on January 3, 2011
  5. Consulate General of Russia in Houston, information about the Consul General Archived 2010-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on January 3, 2011
  6. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments. Retrieved on April 2, 2018
  7. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments. Retrieved on April 2, 2018

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