Adam Johann von Krusenstern
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Adam Johann von Krusenstern was a Baltic German admiral of the Russian Empire and the explorer who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the Earth in 1803–1806.
Krusenstern family coat of arms
Adam Johann von Krusenstern in Avacha Bay by Friedrich Georg Weitsch, c. 1806. The Koryaksky volcano is in the background, on the Kamchatka Peninsula in far-east Russia. National Museum in Warsaw
Russian-American Company
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The Russian-American Company Under the High Patronage of His Imperial Majesty was a state-sponsored chartered company formed largely on the basis of the United American Company. Emperor Paul I of Russia chartered the company in the Ukase of 1799. It had the mission of establishing new settlements in Russian America, conducting trade with natives, and carrying out an expanded colonization program.
Russian-American Company flag, 1806 design
Flag of the Russian-American Company 1835
Image: Baranov Alexandr
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