On February 10, our country celebrates a professional holiday – Diplomatic Worker’s Day, established by theDecree of the President of the Russian Federation on October 31, 2002. This reflects the high social recognition of the diplomat’s profession and the important role of the domestic diplomatic service.

The date of the holiday is linked to the earliest documentary mention (February 10, 1549) of the Ambassadorial Order – the first state structure in the history of our country responsible for foreign affairs. However, the age of the Russian diplomatic service is much older.