Kargopol
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Kargopol is a town and the administrative center of Kargopolsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on both sides of the Onega River, several miles north of Lake Lacha, in the southwestern
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The 17th-century churches of Kargopol are decorated with unique stone carving
Kargopol in the early 20th century
Koryazhemsky Nikolayevsky Monastery
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
Kargopol
…Petersburg was founded, Kargopol gradually faded to obscurity. However, the people of Kargopol were still active in the exploration of Asian Russia. Alexander Baranov, the first governor of Russian America (Alaska), was born in this town. Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kargopol serves as the…
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