. . "1831-06-21Z"^^ . "1831Z"^^ . "Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov (Russian: \u0410\u043D\u0434\u0440\u0435\u0439 \u042F\u043A\u043E\u0432\u043B\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447 \u0414\u0430\u0448\u043A\u043E\u0432) was the first Russian ambassador to the United States. He was born in 1775 in St. Petersburg. In 1807, diplomatic relations were formally established between the Russian Empire and the United States, and in 1808 he was appointed by Czar Aleksandr I as the Russian consul general and charg\u00E9 d'affaires to the United States. He arrived in Philadelphia in the same year, was later appointed ambassador, and served until 1817."@en . . . . "Dashkov, Andrey Yakovlevich"@en . "1st" . "1775Z"^^ . . . "First russian ambassador to United States" . "Andrey Yakovlevich Dashkov"@en .