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The Sathon Mansion (Thai: บ้านสาทร) or Luang Chitchamnongwanit Mansion is a complex of historic buildings in Bangkok, Thailand.It was built in 1888 for Luang Sathonrachayut (Yom Pisolyabutra), the wealthy Chinese businessman who developed Sathon Road, and later served as the Hotel Royal, the Soviet embassy (later the Russian embassy) and, since 2015, a restaurant and ...
The first recorded contact between Russians and Siam was on 19 February 1863, when the ships Gaydamak and Novik arrived at Bangkok. [1]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 ...
In 1920s, the home was converted into The Hotel Royal. From 1948 to 1999, it served as the Russian embassy. [5] In the 2000s, the mansion underwent renovation as part of W Bangkok. In 2015, this 127-year-old mansion officially opened as The House on Sathorn, a new dining venue in Bangkok [6]
During the 1920s, the Sathon Mansion became a hotel under the name Hotel Royal under the management of Italian Madame Staro, before in 1948 it was converted into the embassy of the Soviet Union and later the embassy of Russia. It reopened as a hotel in 2015 as the House on Sathorn. [7] During World War II, the Royal Rattanakosin Hotel opened in ...
The capital city of Thailand, Bangkok hosts 79 embassies and other diplomatic representations. Major cities such as Chiang Mai, Khon Kaen, and Songkhla are host to consular missions. Honorary consulates are not included in this listing. Map of diplomatic missions in Thailand
Sergey Nemchina was appointed as Soviet representative, and the embassy in Bangkok was opened in 1948. [4] After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Thai government recognized the Russian Federation as successor state of the USSR on 28 December 1991, and both countries have continued to exchange ambassadors.
The Russian Federation has no diplomatic relations with Bhutan and Solomon Islands. Since Georgia and Russia severed diplomatic relations in 2008, the Swiss embassy in Tbilisi hosts a Russian interests section. [citation needed] In February 2022, Micronesia and Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia.
Country Name Notes Bangladesh Russian Embassy School in Dhaka China Russian Embassy School in Beijing: Russian Consulate School in Shanghai: Primary school only, located on the grounds of the Consulate-General of Russia in Shanghai in Hongkou District [2]