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Consulate General of Russia, Houston

Coordinates: 29°45′18″N 95°27′17″W / 29.7550°N 95.4547°W / 29.7550; -95.4547
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Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Houston
Генеральное консульство Российской Федерации в Хьюстоне
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LocationHouston, Texas, United States
Address1333 West Loop South, Suite 1300
Coordinates29°45′18″N 95°27′17″W / 29.7550°N 95.4547°W / 29.7550; -95.4547
Opened4 August 2004
Consul GeneralAleksei G. Markov [1]
Websiterusconhouston.mid.ru

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.

The facility serves Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.[2] The consulate assists with the processing of passports, visas, and other officials docs.[3]

History

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In October 2001 the U.S. and Russia formally agreed to establish a Houston consulate.[4] The Russian government approved the establishment on February 12, 2003.[4] On May 9 of that year the United States Department of State confirmed the appointment of Houston's first russian consul General Nikolay V. Sofinskiy.[4] The facility opened on August 4, 2004.[5]

Russia opened a consulate in Houston due to its proximity to the aerospace and petroleum industries.[6] In a 2004 Houston Chronicle article Nikolai V. Sofinskiy stated that the Houston area had around 40,000 Russian speakers and that Houston's consulate could easily serve the southeastern United States.[6][7]

Consuls General of Russia in Houston

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Name Date
Nikolay Vsevolodovich Sofinskiy (born 10 February 1958) [8] 2003—2008
Nikolay Yevgenyevich Babich (born 22 December 1948) [9] 2008—2011
Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (born 18 February 1960) [10] 2011—2017
Alexander Borisovich Pisarev (born 16 May 1956) [11] 2017—2020
Alexander Konstantinovich Zakharov (2nd term) 2020—September 2023
Aleksei G. Markov (born 1980) [1] 2025—Present
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Consul General's Biography". Russian Government. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  2. ^ "Consular Disctrict". Russian Government. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  3. ^ "Consular services". Russian Government. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "История учреждения Генерального консульства Российской Федерации в Хьюстоне". Russian Government. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ a b Lezon, Dale. "Energy, space draw Russian consulate here." Houston Chronicle. May 26, 2004. A21 MetFront. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
  7. ^ Miller, Doug. "Russian Consulate coming to Houston[permanent dead link]." KHOU-TV. May 25, 2004. Retrieved on February 11, 2009.
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ Consulate General of Russia in Houston, information about the Consul General Archived 2010-12-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on January 3, 2011
  10. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments. Retrieved on April 2, 2018
  11. ^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: New assignments. Retrieved on April 2, 2018
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