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Russian colonization of Alaska : preconditions, discovery, and initial development, 1741-1799 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grinëv, A. V. (Andreĭ Valʹterovich) (Author)
Other Authors: Bland, Richard L. (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Russian.
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Rossiĭsko-amerikanskai︠a︡ kompanii︠a︡.
Russia > Colonies > Alaska.
Alaska > Colonization.
Alaska > History > To 1867.
Alaska > Politics and government > To 1867.
Russians > Alaska.
Alaska > Discovery and exploration > Russian.
Table of Contents:
  • Prehistory of the Russian colonization of the new world
  • The first information about Alaska and its discovery by Russian mariners
  • Opening up of the Aleutian Islands by Russian promyshlenniki, 1743-83
  • Activities of G.I. Shelikhov and the founding of the first permanent Russian settlements in America
  • Russian promyshlenniki in Alaska at the end of the eighteenth century
  • Conclusion.