Apostolic Nunciature to Russia
Location	Moscow
Address	7/37Vadkovsky Lane,Moscow,Russia
Coordinates	55°47′27″N37°35′58″E / 55.79086°N 37.59942°E /55.79086; 37.59942
Apostolic Nuncio	Giovanni d'Aniello

TheApostolic Nunciature to Russia is thediplomatic mission of theHoly See in theRussian Federation. It is located at 7/37 Vadkovsky Lane (Russian:Вадковский переулок, 7/37) in theTverskoy District of Moscow. The Apostolic Nuncio to Russia is usually also the Apostolic Nuncio toUzbekistan upon his appointment to said nation.

TheSoviet Union and Holy See established official relations 15 March 1990. On 5 September 1991 the Holy Seerecognized Russia as a successor to the USSR. Russia and the Holy See upgraded their diplomatic relations to full ambassadorial relations in 2009. The increased level of relations followed improvements in the working relationship between the Holy See and the OrthodoxPatriarchate of Moscow.^[1] Prior to 2009, Russian officials remained wary of Catholic influence inUkraine and tended to treat the Vatican as aninternational organization, and not astate in traditional sense.^[2]

The building on the corner of Vadkovsky Lane and Tikhvinskaya Street, former Markin house, was completed in 1903 by architect Pyotr Kharko (born 1871, year of death unknown). It was listed on the register of memorial buildings in May 2007.^[3] The building mixes traditionaleclectic andArt Nouveau decoration, with notablewrought iron balcony grille and butterfly ornament on the main doors. In 2005-2008 an adjacent lot was developed into a 17-floor housing project, causing concerns about probable damage to the Nunciature building.^[4]

Apostolic nuncio

• Lorenzo Litta (11 February 1797 – May 1799)

Representative of the Holy See to the Soviet Union

• Francesco Colasuonno (15 March 1990^[5] – 12 November 1994)^[6]

Representative of the Holy See to the Russian Federation

• John Bukovsky (20 December 1994^[7] – 29 January 2000)^[8]
• Giorgio Zur (29 January 2000^[8] – 8 October 2002)^[9]
• Antonio Mennini (6 November 2002^[10] – 18 December 2010)^[11]

Apostolic Nuncios

• Ivan Jurkovič (19 February 2011^[12][13] – 13 February 2016)^[14]
• Celestino Migliore (28 May 2016^[15] – 11 January 2020)^[16]
• Giovanni d'Aniello (1 June 2020^[17] – present)

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