US Ambassador to the USSR

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US Ambassador to the USSR

US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

US Ambassador to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This list concerns the period from 1933-91; for ambassadors before and after, see US Ambassador to Russia.

13-Dec-1933 16-May-1936 William C. Bullitt

25-Jan-1937 11-Jun-1938 Joseph E. Davies

11-Aug-1939 12-Nov-1941 Laurence A. Steinhardt

14-Apr-1942 19-Sep-1943 William H. Standley

23-Oct-1943 24-Jan-1946 W. Averell Harriman

03-Apr-1946 25-Dec-1948 Walter Bedell Smith

04-Jul-1949 06-Oct-1951 Alan G. Kirk

14-May-1952 19-Sep-1952 George F. Kennan

Nov-1952 Apr-1953 Jacob D. Beam Interim

20-Apr-1953 18-Apr-1957 Charles E. Bohlen

16-Jul-1957 27-Jul-1962 Llewellyn E. Thompson

27-Sep-1962 14-Nov-1966 Foy D. Kohler

23-Jan-1967 14-Jan-1969 Llewellyn E. Thompson

18-Apr-1969 24-Jan-1973 Jacob D. Beam

Jan-1973 Mar-1974 Adolph Dubs Interim

04-Mar-1974 13-Sep-1976 Walter Stoessel

18-Jan-1977 16-Oct-1979 Malcolm Toon

29-Oct-1979 15-Jan-1981 Thomas J. Watson, Jr.

Jan-1981 Oct-1981 Jack Matlock Interim

26-Oct-1981 20-Feb-1987 Arthur A. Hartman

06-Apr-1987 11-Aug-1991 Jack Matlock

11-Aug-1991 24-Aug-1991 James F. Collins Interim, during the August Coup

24-Aug-1991 19-Nov-1992 Robert S. Strauss