...Vladimir Kolychev and I set out on the northern road to visit the birthplace of another leading figure in Russian America, Ivan Kuskov. Alexander Baranov's most trusted assistant, Kuskov was born in 1765 in the Russian town of Totma, which is located...

...tradition they have chosen this day for simultaneous bell ringing with Fort Ross. Fort Ross was founded in 1812 by Ivan Kuskov, who was born in Totma and worked as Alexander Baranov's right hand man in Russian America. Today, Fort Ross is...

...authors have written brief treatises on the sea otter, Alaska as a bountiful frontier, William Hunt, Martin Sauer, Ivan Kuskov (an assistant to Baranov who was given the job of leading the Russian effort to California), Joseph O'Cain and...