Powered by http://www.tanmarket.com - Alaska Colonization - Some researchers believe that the first Russian settlement in Alaska was established in the 17th century.[25] According to this hypothesis, in 1648 several koches of Semyon Dezhnyov's expedition came ashore in Alaska by storm and founded this settlement. This hypothesis is based on the testimony of Chukchi geographer Nikolai Daurkin, who had visited Alaska in 1764--1765 and who had reported on a village on the Kheuveren River, populated by "bearded men" who "pray to the icons". Some modern researchers associate Kheuveren with Koyuk River. The first European vessel to reach Alaska is generally held to be the St. Gabriel under the authority of the surveyor M. S. Gvozdev and assistant navigator I. Fyodorov on August 21, 1732 during an expedition of Siberian cossak A. F. Shestakov and Belorussian explorer Dmitry Pavlutsky (1729—1735) Another European contact with Alaska occurred in 1741, when Vitus Bering led an expedition for the Russian Navy aboard the St. Peter. After his crew returned to Russia with sea otter pelts judged to be the finest fur in the world, small associations of fur traders began to sail from the shores of Siberia toward the Aleutian Islands. The first permanent European settlement was founded in 1784. Between 1774 and 1800, Spain sent several expeditions to Alaska in order to assert its claim over the Pacific Northwest. In 1789 a Spanish settlement and fort were built in Nootka Sound. These expeditions gave names to places such as Valdez, Bucareli Sound, and Cordova. Later, the Russian-American Company carried out an expanded colonization program during the early-to-mid-19th century. Sitka, renamed New Archangel from 1804 to 1867, on Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in what is now Southeast Alaska, became the capital of Russian America. It remained the capital after the colony was transferred to the United States. The Russians never fully colonized Alaska, and the colony was never very profitable. Evidence of Russian settlement in names and churches survive throughout southeast Alaska. Source: wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska Useful Reference Keywords: prices for airline tickets alaska camping trips alaska cruise vacations trip alaska discount airline fares air flights tickets best airline ticket prices international airfares cheapest airline tickets available trek alaska alaska air deals alaska tour guides airfare to brazil alaska rail vacations discount alaska cruises www.alaska air alaska honeymoons discount airline flights fairbanks alaska jobs alaska package tours alaska rv tours alaska adventure travel trips alaska the cheapest airline cheapest airline ticket cheap tickets cheap tickets air lines tickets resorts in alaska alaska day tours apartments in alaska alaska vacations with kids air fare tickets alaska cruise line traveling packages vacations to mexico cheap-air-fares.com cheep airfare information of alaska vacation to mexico alaska family vacation packages air cheap tickets discount fares era alaska jobs affordable airfare discount hawaii vacations fishing lodge alaska tour to alaska alaska cruies cheap alaska vacations low airline fares hotels alaska cheap alaskan cruises alaska by rail airplan tickets travel vacations alaska ari alaska adventure tour alaska air tickets alaska railways alaska tours and cruises alaska weather august alaska national park airline tickets to alaska alaska ticket discount airlines tickets alaska fishing vacation alaska family travel alaskatravel.com all inclusive alaska vacations vacation packages with airfare alaska road maps best site for airline tickets alaska holiday alaska cruises 2011 airline tickets flights alaska rentals find airfare alaska visitors bureau alaska plane ticket travel vacation packages hawaiian travel packages cheap alaska cruise

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