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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Ambassadors of Australia to Russia, Ambassadors of Australia to the Soviet Union, Ambassadors of Russia to Australia, Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Australia, Australian people of Russian descent, Combe-Ivanov affair, Russian expatriates in Australia, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Alexander Prokhorov, Kostya Tszyu, Anastasia Rodionova, Katia Tiutiunnik, Russian Australians, Kate Alexa, Alex Jesaulenko, Petrov Affair, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, David Combe, James Plimsoll, Jonathan Guerreiro, Mick Young, Tatiana Grigorieva, Anouska Hempel, Michael Gudinski, Rene Rivkin, Alexandra Aikhenvald, Jennie George, Vladimir Mikhaylovich Petrov, Ivan Kurdyukov, Henry Harris, Ios Teper, Steve Abbott, Sam Obst, Alex Chernov, Alexander Viktorovich Blokhin, Alex Popov, Vladimir Verbitsky, Rory Kostjasyn, Vyacheslav Dolgov, Tania Verstak, Alexander Losyukov, Yevgeny Samoteykin, Bohdan Jaworskyj, Evdokia Petrova, Margaret Twomey, Rashit Khamidulin, Nikolai Sudarikov, Leonid Moiseyev, John Gastev, Shannan McPherson, Gary Koshnitsky, Alan Watt, Embassy of Australia in Moscow, Robert Campbell, Valery Ivanov, Joseph Parsons, Oleg Sushkov. Excerpt: Australia-Russia relations (Russian: ) date back to 1807, when the Russian warship Neva arrived in Sydney as part of its circumnavigation of the globe. Consular relations between Australia and the Russian Empire were established in 1857. Diplomatic relations between Australia and the Soviet Union were established in 1942, and the first Australian embassy opened in 1943. Peter the Great was familiar with New Holland through his connections with the Dutch, and the Empire in the 18th century tried several times, unsuccessfully, to reach the Australian continent. Contacts between Russia and Australia date back to 1803, when Secretary of State for the Colonies Lord Hobart wrote...
