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Russia–Thailand relations
Bilateral relations between Russia and Thailand date to the late nineteenth century, when the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam (as Thailand was then known) formed a friendly personal relationship. The two countries exchanged legations in 1897–1898, and signed a declaration of friendship in 1899. Diplomatic relations were terminated following the Russian Revolution in 1917, and re-established between the Soviet Union and Thailand on 12 March 1941; Thailand recognized the Russian Federation as the successor to Soviet Union on 28 December 1991. Russia has an embassy in Bangkok and three honorary consulates in Phuket, Pattaya and Koh Samui. Thailand has an embassy in Moscow and two honorary consulates (in Saint Petersburg and Vladivostok). Both countries are full members of APEC and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (Russia is a participating state and Thailand is a partner).
The first recorded contact between Russians and Siam was on 19 February 1863, when the ships Gaydamak and Novik arrived at Bangkok.
Early relations between the countries were cordial, derived from friendly personal relations between King Chulalongkorn (Rama V, r. 1868–1910) of Siam and Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (r. 1894–1917), who had visited Siam in 1891 when he was tsarevich (heir-apparent).
Diplomatic relations were established following Chulalongkorn's visited to Russia as part of his 1897 tour of Europe. Chulalongkorn had hoped for Russian support to help counterbalance the French, who were exerting colonialist pressure on Siam, especially following the Franco-Siamese crisis of 1893. Alexander Olarovsky was posted as chargé d'affaires and consul-general in Bangkok, arriving in April 1898, and was elevated to resident minister that October. Siam was represented by Phraya Suriyanuwat, Chulalongkorn's envoy to France, Italy and Spain, who was resident in Paris.
Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath, one of Chulalongkorn's sons, was sent to study military school in Russia in 1898. He would later marry a Russian woman, Ekaterina Desnitskaya.
A declaration of friendship between Russia and Siam was signed in 1899. Russia had hoped to gain a monopoly in the kerosene trade, though negotiations for a full treaty never succeeded.
Diplomatic relations were terminated following the overthrow of the Russian tsarist government in the October Revolution.
Thailand established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1941. The Bangkok embassy of the USSR, and later Russia, for a long time occupied a historic building on Sathon Road, also known as the Sathon Mansion.
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Russia–Thailand relations
Bilateral relations between Russia and Thailand date to the late nineteenth century, when the Russian Tsar Nicholas II and King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam (as Thailand was then known) formed a friendly personal relationship. The two countries exchanged legations in 1897–1898, and signed a declaration of friendship in 1899. Diplomatic relations were terminated following the Russian Revolution in 1917, and re-established between the Soviet Union and Thailand on 12 March 1941; Thailand recognized the Russian Federation as the successor to Soviet Union on 28 December 1991. Russia has an embassy in Bangkok and three honorary consulates in Phuket, Pattaya and Koh Samui. Thailand has an embassy in Moscow and two honorary consulates (in Saint Petersburg and Vladivostok). Both countries are full members of APEC and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (Russia is a participating state and Thailand is a partner).
The first recorded contact between Russians and Siam was on 19 February 1863, when the ships Gaydamak and Novik arrived at Bangkok.
Early relations between the countries were cordial, derived from friendly personal relations between King Chulalongkorn (Rama V, r. 1868–1910) of Siam and Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (r. 1894–1917), who had visited Siam in 1891 when he was tsarevich (heir-apparent).
Diplomatic relations were established following Chulalongkorn's visited to Russia as part of his 1897 tour of Europe. Chulalongkorn had hoped for Russian support to help counterbalance the French, who were exerting colonialist pressure on Siam, especially following the Franco-Siamese crisis of 1893. Alexander Olarovsky was posted as chargé d'affaires and consul-general in Bangkok, arriving in April 1898, and was elevated to resident minister that October. Siam was represented by Phraya Suriyanuwat, Chulalongkorn's envoy to France, Italy and Spain, who was resident in Paris.
Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath, one of Chulalongkorn's sons, was sent to study military school in Russia in 1898. He would later marry a Russian woman, Ekaterina Desnitskaya.
A declaration of friendship between Russia and Siam was signed in 1899. Russia had hoped to gain a monopoly in the kerosene trade, though negotiations for a full treaty never succeeded.
Diplomatic relations were terminated following the overthrow of the Russian tsarist government in the October Revolution.
Thailand established diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1941. The Bangkok embassy of the USSR, and later Russia, for a long time occupied a historic building on Sathon Road, also known as the Sathon Mansion.