Russian America
Main article: Russian America
The Russian Orthodox Church in the city Kenai
"Map of the Arctic sea and the Eastern ocean", composed in 1844 Hydrographic Department of the Ministry of the Navy of the Russian Empire with a detailed image of Russian America
In 1763-1765, in the Aleutian Islands, there was a rebellion of the natives, brutally suppressed by Russian Industrialists. 1772 on the Aleutian Unalaska founded the first Russian trading settlement. In the summer of 1784 expedition under command, I. Shelekhov (1747-1795) landed on the Aleutian Islands, and August 14, founded the first Russian settlement Kodiak[4]. In 1791 already on the American continent was founded Fort St. Nicholas. In 1792/1793 year expedition industrialist Vasily Ivanov had reached the banks of the r