Russian colonization of North America

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Russian_colonization_of_North_America
GPTKB entity
Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:Alaska_sold_in 1867
gptkbp:Alaska_sold_to gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:beganIn 18th century
gptkbp:competitor gptkb:British_colonization_of_North_America
gptkb:Spanish_colonization_of_North_America
American expansion
gptkbp:endDate 1867
gptkbp:ended_with gptkb:Alaska_Purchase
gptkbp:first_permanent_settlement gptkb:Three_Saints_Bay
gptkbp:first_permanent_settlement_established 1784
gptkbp:Fort_Ross_abandoned 1841
gptkbp:Fort_Ross_established 1812
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Russian colonization of North America
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Russian_Empire
gptkbp:legacy Russian Orthodox churches in Alaska
Russian place names in Alaska
mixed Russian-Native Alaskan descendants
gptkbp:mainEconomicActivity fur trade
gptkbp:mainly_involved gptkb:Aleut_people
gptkb:Tlingit
Indigenous people
Russian settlers
gptkbp:mainly_occurred_in gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:California
gptkb:Pacific_Northwest
gptkbp:notable_explorer gptkb:Alexander_Baranov
gptkb:Vitus_Bering
gptkb:Grigory_Shelikhov
gptkbp:notableTown gptkb:New_Archangel
gptkb:Fort_Ross
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Russian-American_Company
gptkbp:Russian_influence_declined_after mid-19th century
gptkbp:Russian_Orthodox_Church_active_in gptkb:Alaska
gptkbp:Russian_Orthodox_Church_established 1794
gptkbp:Russian_settlements_included gptkb:Three_Saints_Bay
gptkb:Kodiak_Island
gptkb:Sitka
gptkb:St._George_Island
gptkb:St._Paul_Island
gptkb:Unalaska
gptkb:Wrangell
gptkb:Yakutat
gptkb:Kenai
gptkb:Atka
gptkb:Fort_Ross
Nushagak
gptkbp:Russian_settlements_reached_as_far_south_as gptkb:Sonoma_County,_California
gptkbp:Russian-American_Company_chartered 1799
gptkbp:Russian-American_Company_headquarters gptkb:New_Archangel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fort_Ross_era
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7