Battle of Sitka

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The Battle of Sitka was an 1804 conflict between Russian colonists and the Tlingit people in Alaska that marked a decisive moment in the establishment of Russian control in the region.

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Battle of Sitka canonical 2
Battle of Sitka 1804 1
Russo–Tlingit War 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
military conflict
alsoKnownAs Battle of Sitka
surface form: Siege of Sitka
belligerent Imperial Russian Navy
Tlingit people
surface form: Kiks.ádi Tlingit

Russian-American Company
Tlingit people
commander Alexander Baranov NERFINISHED
Kʼalyaan (Katlian)
Shkʼawulyeil (Skowl)
Yuri Lisyansky NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy annual reenactments and cultural events in Sitka
conflictBetween Tlingit people
surface form: Kiks.ádi clan of the Tlingit

Russian colonists
Russian-American Company forces
Tlingit people
country United States of America
surface form: United States (present-day)
culturalContext Tlingit resistance to Russian colonization
date 1804
endDate 1804-10-07
followedBy establishment of New Archangel (Sitka) as capital of Russian America
hasMemorial Sitka National Historical Park
hasPartOf Battle of Sitka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Russo–Tlingit War
historicalEra early 19th century
involves Novo-Arkhangelsk
surface form: Russian fort New Archangel

Russian ship Neva
location Sitka Sound
Sitka
surface form: Sitka, Alaska
modernLocation City and Borough of Sitka
surface form: Sitka City and Borough, Alaska
outcome Russian dominance over Sitka Sound region
partOf Russian colonization of Alaska
precededBy Destruction of the Russian fort at Old Sitka (1802)
relatedTo Russian Empire expansion in North America
Indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East
surface form: Russo–Tlingit relations

history of Alaska
result Russian victory
Tlingit withdrawal from Sitka area
significance decisive moment in establishment of Russian control in southeastern Alaska
led to consolidation of Russian America’s colonial capital at Sitka
startDate 1804-10-01
territorialContext Russian America (northwest)
surface form: Russian America
weaponUsed cannons
muskets
traditional Tlingit weapons

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Sitka National Historical Park eventDateSignificance Battle of Sitka
this entity surface form: Battle of Sitka 1804
Novo-Arkhangelsk conflictAssociatedWith Battle of Sitka
Battle of Sitka hasPartOf Battle of Sitka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Russo–Tlingit War
Battle of Sitka alsoKnownAs Battle of Sitka
this entity surface form: Siege of Sitka