Russia, given its geopolitical position and owing to the successes of tsarist and Soviet diplomacy, has one of the largest networks of foreign diplomatic missions.
The Russian Embassy in Switzerland is located in Bern in a mansion on Brunnadernrain Street, built in 1911 to a design by A. Gerster in the Bernese Baroque style.
The Russian Embassy in Slovakia is located in Bratislava in a building constructed in 1915 to a design by architect M. Harminec. The building is included in the Famous Villas of Slovakia collection.
The Residence of the Russian Ambassador to the USA is located in Washington in a mansion on 16th Street, built to a design by architects N. Wyeth and F. Sullivan. Prior to 1994, the building housed the Embassy of the USSR and Russia in the USA.
On October 19, 2016, the Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Center, designed by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmote, was opened in the very heart of Paris, along the Quai Branly, at a few hundred meters from the Eiffel Tower. The Center is an integral part of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in France. The complex consists of four buildings: the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity of the Diocese of Korsun of the Russian Orthodox Church, the center for additional education, the exhibition center and the amphitheater building.
The postage stamps feature the buildings of the Russian Embassies in Switzerland and Slovakia, the Residence of the Russian Ambassador to the USA and the Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Center in Paris.
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