Style Consul general Phone 044 2498 2320 | Deputy Alexey O. Vaskov | |
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Address 14, Santhome High Road, Mylapore, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600004 Similar Consulate Of Germany, Australian Consulat, Consulate General of the Repu, Consulat of Japan, Singapore Consulate | ||
The Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Chennai (Russian: Генеральное консульство России в Ченнаи) represents the interests of the Russian government in the southern region of India. The other missions are the Embassy of the Russian Federation in New Delhi and the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Kolkata and Mumbai. The current Consul General is Sergey L. Kotov, incumbent since 28 May 2014. He succeeds Nikolay A. Listopadov.
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Location
The Consulate General is located at 14 Santhome High Road, Mylapore, near the Marina Beach. The Russian Cultural Centre, the Cultural Department of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Chennai, is located at 27, Kasturi Ranga Road, Alwarpet.
Functions
The Russian Consulate in Chennai administrates the consular functions in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and the Union Territory of Puducherry. As of 2009, the consulate handles around 10 to 15 percent of the total visa applicants to Russia. Over 1,600 people applied for visas to Russia in 2008, an increase of nearly 7 percent from the previous year, a majority of which were business visas (36.9 percent), students visas and tourists visas.
In December 2014, a new specialised Russian visa application centre was opened in the city at 74 Kasturi Ranga Road, Alwarpet, along with three such centres in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata.
List of consul generals
Russian Centre of Science and Culture
Russian Centre of Science and Culture (formerly known as House of Soviet Cultural Centre) was established in 1972 to promote cultural relationship between peoples of India and Russia. The centre has an auditorium with seating capacity of 260 seats, an art gallery situated on the ground floor hosting various exhibitions of arts and paintings. The library consists of about 10,000 books, including a collection of Russian classical literature and rare translations of Russian authors, besides Russian newspapers and periodicals.
In 2010, the Russian Centre of Science and Culture started Russian language training programmes for college students through video conferencing.