State visit by Elizabeth II to Russia

State visit by Elizabeth II to Russia
Date17 to 20 October 1994
LocationRussia
TypeState visit
ParticipantsElizabeth II
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Douglas Hurd

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, her husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd made a state visit to Russia from 17 to 20 October 1994, hosted by the President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin. It is the first and so far only visit by a reigning British monarch on Russian soil.[a]

The four-day visit is said to be one of the most important foreign trips of the Queen's reign.[3]

  1. ^ "Elizabeth II to visit Russia in October". Evansville Press. Associated Press. 15 July 1994. p. 2. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  2. ^ Tomaszewski, F.K. (2002). A Great Russia: Russia and the Triple Entente, 1905–1914. Praeger. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-275-97366-7. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
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