Fort Ross

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former Russian settlement fort historic site trading post

Fort Ross was a 19th-century Russian fur-trading outpost and fortified settlement on the northern California coast, serving as the southernmost Russian colony in North America.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Fort Ross (California) 1
Fort Ross area in California 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former Russian settlement ⓘ
fort ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
trading post ⓘ
abandoned 1841 ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Coast Miwok NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kashaya Pomo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Native Alaskan hunters ⓘ
Russian settlers ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentDesignation Fort Ross State Historic Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
formerColonialPower Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded 1812 ⓘ
foundedAsColonyOf Russian America NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy Ivan Kuskov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian-American Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingNation Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody California Department of Parks and Recreation NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFunction fortified settlement ⓘ
hasNameInRussian Росс NERFINISHED ⓘ
Форт-Росс ⓘ
hasReconstructedBuildings Russian Orthodox chapel ⓘ
wooden palisade ⓘ
hasStructure blockhouses ⓘ
chapel ⓘ
commander’s house ⓘ
stockade ⓘ
heritageStatus California Historical Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Historic Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

North America ⓘ
Sonoma County, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Jenner, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedOn northern California coast ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf Russian colonization of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian-American Company operations ⓘ
primaryFunction agricultural supply base ⓘ
fur-trading outpost ⓘ
relatedEvent Russian-American Company expansion to California ⓘ
relatedTo sea otter population decline on the Pacific coast ⓘ
soldTo John Sutter NERFINISHED ⓘ
southernmostColonyOf Russian Empire in North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourism popular cultural and historical tourism site ⓘ
usedFor sea otter fur trade ⓘ
supporting Russian settlements in Alaska ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

National Historic Landmarks in California → hasPart → Fort Ross ⓘ
Russian colonization of the Americas → hasPart → Fort Ross ⓘ
Russian Alaska → hasSettlement → Fort Ross ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Ross (California)
Russian America (northwest) → includes → Fort Ross ⓘ
subject surface form: Russian America
this entity surface form: Fort Ross area in California