Diplomatic exchanges between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia began with the formal establishment of relations on 5 June 1922, after the formation of the
First Czechoslovak Republic, which had declared its independence from the
Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918. The first Soviet representative, , was appointed on 9 December 1922. On 9 June 1934 relations were upgraded to the level of missions, with serving as plenipotentiary from that date. Relations were interrupted on 16 March 1939 with the
German occupation of Czechoslovakia. Relations were maintained after the war, during which period the
Third Czechoslovak Republic and then the
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic were formed. With the repudiation of communism, the country officially became the
Czech and Slovak Federative Republic in 1990. With the
dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, a new ambassador, , was appointed as representative of the Russian Federation. He continued as ambassador until the
dissolution of Czechoslovakia and its separation into the states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Lebedev continued to as
representative to the Czech Republic until 1996, while a new ambassador,
Sergey Yastrzhembsky, was appointed
Russian ambassador to Slovakia in June 1993. ==List of representatives (1922– 1993) ==