Russian Colonization of North America describes colonies and territories claimed by the Russian Empire in the Pacific Coast region of North America from 1732 to 1867. Russian colonial possessions in t
The Bering Strait, where Russia's east coast lies closest to Alaska's west coast. Early Russian colonization occurred well south of the strait, in the Aleutian Islands.
Sibero-Russian promyshlenniki (hunter-trapper frontiersmen)
Flag of the Russian-American Company (1806–1881).
Tlingit Chieftain of Sitka
Alaskan Creole people
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Alaskan Creoles are the descendants of ethnic Russians in colonial Alaska, known as Russian Creoles, who intermarried with Aleut, Yupik, Inuit, and other Alaskan Native peoples.
Russian colonization of North America
…1799 to 1867. Russian America consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but also included the outpost of Fort Ross in California. Russian Creole settlements were concentrated in Alaska, including the capital, New Archangel (Novo-Arkhangelsk), which is now Sitka. Russian expansion eastward began…
A Creole town in Kodiak, Alaska.
St. Jacob Netsvetov (1802-1864), Enlightener of Alaska.
A man and woman of the Aleutian Islands.
A Creole winter home in Unalaska, Aleutian Islands.