Baranof totem pole
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The Baranof totem pole is a totem pole in Sitka, Alaska, United States. Located in the city's Totem Square, the Tlingit totem pole was commissioned in the 1940s by the United States Forest Service and
The Baranof pole in 2023 with the Sitka Blockhouse in the background
The double headed eagle (representing Russia) and the brown bear holding a frog (representing two Tlingit crests) at the base of the pole
Carver Joe Thomas working on the totem pole in 1941
George Benson's original sketch for the totem pole
Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, sometimes spelled Aleksandr or Alexandr and Baranof, was a Russian trader and merchant, who worked for some time in Siberia. He was recruited by the Shelikhov-Golikov Co
Baranof totem pole
…Corps project. Designed by George Benson, the pole references an early 1800s battle and subsequent peace treaty between the Kiks.ádi Tlingit clan and Alexander Baranov, the first governor of Russian Alaska. It depicts some Russian figures, including a Russian bear and a double-headed eagle, and some Alaska Native ones…
Three Saints Bay was the first permanent Russian settlement in Alaska.
Medal presented to Baranov by Tsar Paul I in 1799
Sitka Island Chief Katlian With His Wife