Office of the Historian

Visits By Foreign Leaders of Russia

VisitorDescriptionDate
Premier KhrushchevOfficial visit at Washington and Camp David (Maryland) Afterwards visited New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Des Moines and Ames (Iowa). Revisited Washington and Camp David September 25–27. Departed U.S. September 27.September 15–16, 1959
Chairman Aleksei N. KosyginInformal meetings with President Johnson at Glassboro (N.J.). Kosygin led the Soviet delegation to the 5th Emergency Session of the U.N. General Assembly.June 23–25, 1967
General Secretary Leonid I. BrezhnevOfficial visit at Washington and San Clemente (Calif.).June 18–26, 1973
General Secretary Mikhail S. GorbachevOfficial Working Visit. Signed INF Treaty December 8.December 7–10, 1987
President Mikhail S. GorbachevMet with President Reagan in New York City.December 7, 1988
President Mikhail S. GorbachevSummit meeting in Washington, D.C. and Camp David, Md. Afterwards visited Minneapolis-St. Paul and San Francisco, meeting with South Korean President Roh Tae-woo. Departed the U.S. June 4.May 30–June 3, 1990
President Boris N. YeltsinAttended U.N. Security Council Summit Meeting in New York City and discussed strategic arms reductions with President Bush at Camp David, Md.January 31–February 1, 1992
President Boris N. YeltsinState Visit. Addressed a joint meeting of Congress June 17. Also visited Annapolis, Md. Afterwards visited Wichita, Kans.June 15–18, 1992
Prime Minister Viktor S. ChernomyrdinMet with President Clinton during a private visit.August 31–September 2, 1993
President Boris N. YeltsinState visit; addressed U.N. General Assembly September 26. Visited Seattle before departing the U.S., September 29.September 26–29, 1994
President Boris N. YeltsinSummit meeting with President Clinton at Hyde Park, New York.October 23, 1995
Prime Minister Viktor S. ChernomyrdinMet with President Clinton and IMF officials; attended meeting of U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation. Later visited New York City.January 28–February 2, 1996
Prime Minister Viktor S. ChernomyrdinAttended meeting of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Commission. Afterwards visited Chicago.February 5–8, 1997
President Boris N. YeltsinAttended the Economic Summit Meeting in Denver, Colorado.June 20–22, 1997
Prime Minister Viktor ChernomyrdinWorking visit.March 9–12, 1998
Prime Minister Sergei StepashinWorking visit. Attended meeting of U.S.-Russia Joint Commission and met with President Clinton. Also visited Seattle (Washington) July 25.July 26–27, 1999
President Vladimir PutinMet with President Clinton at the UN Millenium Summit in New York City.September 6–7, 2000
President Vladimir PutinMet with President Bush in Washington, D.C., and Crawford, Texas. Also visited “Ground Zero” in New York City.November 12–15, 2001
Premier Mikhail KasyanovWorking visit.January 30–February 4, 2002
President Vladimir PutinOfficial select visit at Camp David, MD.September 26–27, 2003
President Vladimir PutinAttended G-8 Economic Summit at Sea Island, Georgia.June 8–10, 2004
President Vladimir PutinWorking visit.September 16, 2005
President Vladimir PutinWorking visit. Met with President Bush at Kennebunkport, Maine.July 1–2, 2007
President Dimitry MedvedevAttended the G-20 Economic Summit Meeting.November 14–15, 2008
President Dmitri MedvedevMet with President Obama at the UN General Assembly in New York City.September 23, 2009
President Dmitri MedvedevAttended the G-20 Economic Summit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.September 24–25, 2009
President Dmitri MedvedevAttended the Nuclear Security Summit.April 12–13, 2010
President Dmitriy MedvedevWorking visit.June 22–24, 2010
President Dimitry A. MedvedevAttended the Asia-Pacific Economic and Cooperation Summit at Honolulu and Kapolei, Hawaii.November 10–13, 2011
Prime Minister Dmitri MedvedevAttended the G-8 Economic Summit at Camp David, MD.May 18–19, 2012
President Vladimir PutinMet with President Obama at the UN General Assembly Meeting in New York City.September 28, 2015