| Embassy of the United States, Kuybyshev | |
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| Location | Kuybyshev (now Samara), Soviet Union |
| Address | 62 Nekrasov Street |
| Coordinates | 53°11′18″N50°05′56″E / 53.188461748224285°N 50.09886716503386°E /53.188461748224285; 50.09886716503386 |
| Opened | 1941 |
| Closed | 1943 |
| Ambassador | Laurence Steinhardt, William Standley |
| Jurisdiction | Soviet Union |
TheEmbassy of the United States, Kuybyshev (Russian:Посольство США в Куйбышеве) was the former diplomatic representation of the United States in theSoviet Union located in the city ofKuybyshev (now Samara) during the years 1941–43.[1] It was situated at 62 Nekrasov Street in an old building.[2][3]
At the onset of evacuation, the US ambassador to the Soviet Union wasLaurence Steinhardt. He traveled seven days by train to go some 400 miles east to Kuybyshev, leaving behind a skeleton staff in Moscow, includingLlewellyn Thompson.[4][5] Steinhardt was soon appointed to the US Ambassador to Turkey, and on February 14, 1942,Franklin D. Roosevelt appointedWilliam Standley as the ambassador to the Soviet Union, a post he held into the autumn of 1943. A military mission with extraordinary powers was established at the embassy.[6]
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