Consulate General of the United States, Yekaterinburg

The Consulate General of the United States in Yekaterinburg (Russian: Генеральное консульство США в Екатеринбурге) is a diplomatic mission of the United States in Yekaterinburg, providing consular services to Russian and American citizens in the Ural region of Russia and Western Siberia.

During the times of the USSR, due to the concentration of industries related to defense, most of the Ural region was closed to foreigners for decades during the Cold War, limiting the contact of the Siberian population with Western ideas.

In 1994, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown opened the U.S. Consulate General in Yekaterinburg, becoming the first diplomatic mission in central Russia after World War II.

[3] In December 2020, the U.S. State Department decided to suspend the operations of the consulate in Yekaterinburg, citing security and organizational issues.

[4] In February 2021, it was reported that the consulate began accepting applications for the reissuance of American visas.