Old Russian Consulate in Hakodate

Old Russian Consulate
旧ロシア領事館
Facade of the 1908 building
Established1858
LocationHakodate, Japan

The Old Russian Consulate (Japanese: 旧ロシア領事館, Hepburn: Kyū Roshia ryōjikan; Russian: Старое русское консульство, romanized: Staroye russkoye konsul'stvo) is a former consulate of the Russian Empire in the port city of Hakodate, Japan. It hosted the first foreign consulate building and first Russian Orthodox church in the country.

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