Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov

Who was Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov?

Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov was the first Russian ambassador to the United States. He was born in 1775 in St. Petersburg. In 1807, diplomatic relations were formally established between the Russian Empire and the United States, and in 1808 he was appointed by Czar Aleksandr I as the Russian consul general and chargé d'affaires to the United States. He arrived in the Philadelphia in the same year, was later appointed ambassador, and served until 1817. He died on June 21, 1831.