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...interaction with Russian explorers and settlers, as well as Russian exploration around the world. The bicentennial of Fort Ross, the Russian settlement in California, is next year, he said, and the series should be part of that anniversary celebration...
...in the yard, awaiting restoration. Juneau was invited to join with historians and bell ringers in Sitka, Moscow and Fort Ross, Calif., in ringing church bells to commemorate the voyage of Aleksei Chirikov, who reached the Alaska coast on July...
...Orthodox Church, which was 11 a.m. for participants in Fort Ross, Calif., and 10 p.m. for their counterparts in...chosen this day for simultaneous bell ringing with Fort Ross. Fort Ross was founded in 1812 by Ivan Kuskov, who was born in...
...important issues at The Siberian delegates were on a whirlwind tour, having visited Russian-America historic sites in Fort Ross, Calif., as well as Sitka and Ninilchik earlier in the week. One scholar, Natalia Volkova, director of the Shelikov...
...Baranov to Alaska in 1790, and spent 22 years as his right-hand man, before heading to California in 1812 to found the Fort Ross Colony. He spent a further 10 years there before returning to Totma. The wooden log cabin that now contains his museum...
...1998 GLEN MARTIN THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE FORT ROSS, Calif. - They donned neoprene wet suits and lead...Gazing seaward as he stood on the safety of the shore near Fort Ross, he gestured at the fearsome breakers with a recently...
...Dee Longenbaugh will speak on Russian America and the Fort Ross connection. Longenbaugh is a longtime Alaskan with an interest in Russian America and historic map-making. Fort Ross was the California outpost of the Russian America Company...