Russian Alaska

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Russian colonial possession former territory historical region

Russian Alaska was the northernmost North American territory controlled by the Russian Empire from the 18th to the 19th century, encompassing much of what is now the U.S. state of Alaska.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Russian Alaska canonical	2
Russian colonial heritage of Alaska	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian colonial possession ⓘ former territory ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borderedBy	Arctic Ocean ⓘ British America ⓘ surface form: British North America Rupert's Land ⓘ surface form: Hudson’s Bay Company territories Pacific Ocean ⓘ
capital	Novo-Arkhangelsk ⓘ Sitka ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Russian Empire ⓘ
economy	fur trade ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ sea otter hunting ⓘ
endCause	Alaska Purchase ⓘ
endTime	1867 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Aleut ⓘ surface form: Aleuts Inuit ⓘ Russians ⓘ Tlingit ⓘ Yupik ⓘ
exploredBy	Alexander Baranov ⓘ Alexei Chirikov ⓘ Grigory Shelikhov ⓘ Vitus Bering ⓘ
governingBody	Russian-American Company ⓘ
hasSettlement	Fort Ross ⓘ surface form: Fort Ross (California) Kodiak, Alaska ⓘ surface form: Kodiak Unalaska ⓘ
historicalEra	Age of Exploration ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ surface form: Imperial Russia
locatedIn	Alaska ⓘ Arctic region ⓘ Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific region
officialLanguage	Russian ⓘ
partOf	Russian America (northwest) ⓘ surface form: Russian America
presentDayPartOf	Alaska ⓘ surface form: U.S. state of Alaska
religion	Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
seller	Russian Empire ⓘ
significantEvent	Alaska Purchase ⓘ surface form: Alaska Purchase treaty Russian colonization of Alaska ⓘ establishment of Russian-American Company ⓘ
soldTo	United States of America ⓘ
startTime	18th century ⓘ
successor	Alaska ⓘ surface form: Alaska Territory United States of America ⓘ
timePeriod	Russian America period ⓘ
treaty	Alaska Purchase ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Cession of 1867

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oregon Country → southOf → Russian Alaska ⓘ

Russian Bishop’s House → partOf → Russian Alaska ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russian colonial heritage of Alaska

Russian colonization of the Americas → hasPart → Russian Alaska ⓘ