Russian colonization of North America
38 entries in the Russian Colonization of North America compendium.
Russian colonization of North AmericaRussian Empire's Pacific Coast colonies from 1784 to 1867.California ConquestA 1952 Western about a fictional Russian conspiracy in California—with historical libertieAdventure (1792 ship)Early American-built vessel on the Pacific coast.Alaska payment conspiracyDebunked theory that Alaska payment gold was sunk by a con artist.Alaska Purchase1867 U.S. purchase of Russian America for $7.2 million.Alaskan parchment scripParchment and walrus-hide currency of Russian America.Awa'uq Massacre1784 Russian massacre of Alutiiq people at Refuge Rock.Battle of SitkaLast major armed conflict between Russians and Alaska Natives.Andrew BergFirst licensed big game guide in Alaska.Joseph BillingsEnglish navigator who explored Alaska and Siberia for Russia.California fur rushEarly fur trade that opened California to world commerce.Buck ChoquetteFrench-Canadian prospector who sparked the Stikine Gold Rush.Perry CollinsVisionary behind the failed Russian-American Telegraph via Bering Strait.Alaskan Creole peoplePrivileged colonial citizens of Russian Alaska, later disenfranchised.First Kamchatka ExpeditionFirst Russian naval scientific expedition to explore the Asian Pacific coast.Fort Alexander (Hawaii)Russian earthwork fort on Kauai, built in 1816.Fort Ross, CaliforniaSouthernmost Russian settlement in North America, 1812–1841.Great Northern ExpeditionMajor Russian expedition mapping Arctic coasts and discovering Alaska.Il'menaRAC brig that carried Aleut hunters to California.Juno and Avos (opera)Russian rock opera based on a 19th-century transcontinental love story.Jean-François de Galaup, comte de LapérouseFrench naval officer who led a Pacific scientific expedition.Yuri LisyanskyRussian naval officer who led the first Russian circumnavigation.Friedrich Benjamin von LütkeRussian navigator, geographer, and Arctic explorer.Maritime fur tradeShip-based fur trade linking Pacific Northwest to China.Alexander Hunter MurrayHBC fur trader, artist, and founder of Fort Yukon.Russian schooner NikolaiRussian-American Company schooner wrecked on the Olympic Peninsula in 1808.Mount PereleshinSummit in British Columbia named for a Russian Navy lieutenant.Phoenix (1792)A Bombay-based fur-trading ship active in the late 18th century Pacific.Phoenix (1794)First ship built in Russian America, lost in 1799 with 103 aboard.Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)Fourth-largest U.S. island, homeland of the Tlingit people.PromyshlennikiRussian and Siberian fur hunters who expanded the Russian fur trade.RAC–HBC AgreementCommercial lease and supply pact between Russian and British fur monopolies.Russian Bishop's HouseOne of the oldest surviving buildings of Russian America.Russian old-settlersRussian settlers from the 11th–18th centuries across northern frontiers.Russian-American CompanyState-sponsored chartered company for Russian colonization in America.Russian–American TelegraphFailed 1860s attempt to link North America and Russia by telegraph.Russo-American Treaty of 18241824 treaty ceding Russian claims south of 54°40′N to the U.S.Grigory ShelikhovRussian fur trader who founded Alaska's first permanent settlement.
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