The Russian-American Company was a semi-official colonial trading company started by Grigory Shelikhov and Nikolai Rezanov and chartered by Tsar Paul I in 1799. A joint stock company (JSC is a type of business entity it is a type of Corporation or Partnership. Grigory Ivanovich Shelikhov (Shelekhov (Григорий Иванович Шелихов (Шелехов in Russian; English spelling varies from Shelekov to Nikolay Petrovich Rezanov (Николай Петрович Резанов (1764 &ndash 1807 was a Russian nobleman and statesman who promoted the project of Russian Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. Paul (Па́вел I Петро́вич Pavel Petrovich) ( &ndash) was the Emperor of Russia between 1796 and 1801 Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a [1]
The 20-year revolving charter granted the company monopoly over trade in Russian America, which included the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and the territory down to 55° N latitude. Russian colonization of the Americas proceeded in several places The Aleutian Islands (possibly from Chukchi aliat, " Island " are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands forming a Volcanic Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent A second charter, in 1821, extended its domain to 51° N latitude. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Under the charter, one-third of all profits were to go to the emperor.
Under Alexandr Baranov, who governed the region between 1790 and 1818, a permanent settlement was established in 1804 at Novo-Arkhangelsk (today's Sitka, Alaska), and a thriving fur trade was organized. Aleksandr Andreevich Baranov (Александр Андреевич Баранов in Russian) sometimes spelled Aleksander or Alexander and Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
The company constructed forts in what is today Alaska and California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Fort Ross, on the California coast just north of San Francisco, was the southernmost outpost of Russian America, and is now reconstructed and an open air museum. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Russian Fort Elizabeth was built in Hawaii by an agent of the company. Russian Fort Elizabeth is the last remaining Russian Fort in Hawaii
But from the 1820s onwards the profits from the fur trade began to decline. Events and trends Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire Already in 1818 the Russian government had taken control of the Russian-American Company from the merchants who held the charter. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The explorer and government official Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangel, who had been administrator of Russian government interests in Russian America a decade before, was the first president of the company during the government period. Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel (Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel; December 29, 1796 ( January The company ceased its commercial activities in 1867, when the Alaska Purchase transferred control of Alaska to the United States and the commercial interests of the Russian American Company were sold to Hutchinson, Kohl & Company of San Francisco, California who then renamed their company to the Alaska Commercial Company. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Alaska Purchase (otherwise known as Seward's Folly or Seward's Icebox) by the United States from the Russian Empire occurred in 1867 at the behest The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The Alaska Commercial Company was a company that operated retail stores in Alaska during the early period of Alaska's ownership by the United States.
Governors of the Russian American Company
Below is a list of the governors/general managers of the Russian-American Company. Many of their names occur as place names in Southeast Alaska. The Alaska Panhandle, sometimes referred to as Southeast Alaska, is the southeastern portion of the U Note that the English spelling of the names varies between sources.
| # | Name | Term |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandr Andreyevich Baranov (1747 — 1819) | 1799 — January 11, 1818 |
| 2 | Leonty Andrianovich Gagemeister (1780 — 1833) | January 11, 1818 — October 24, 1818 |
| 3 | Semyon Ivanovich Yanovsky | October 24, 1818 — September 15, 1820 |
| 4 | Matvey Ivanovich Muravyev (1784 — 1826) | September 15, 1820 — October 14, 1825 |
| 5 | Pyotr Igorovich Chistyakov (1790 — 1862) | October 14, 1825 — June 1, 1830 |
| 6 | Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangel (1797 — 1870) | June 1, 1830 — October 29, 1835 |
| 7 | Ivan Antonovich Kupreianov (1800 — 1857) | October 29, 1835 — May 25, 1840 |
| 8 | Adolf Karlovich Etolin (1798 — 1876) | May 25, 1840 — July 9, 1845 |
| 9 | Mikhail Dmitriyevich Tebenkov (1802 — 1872) | July 9, 1845 — October 14, 1850 |
| 10 | Nikolay Yakovlevich Rozenberg (d. Aleksandr Andreevich Baranov (Александр Андреевич Баранов in Russian) sometimes spelled Aleksander or Alexander and Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Baron is a specific Title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin (liber Baron Ferdinand von Wrangel (Фердина́нд Петро́вич Вра́нгель Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel; December 29, 1796 ( January Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Ivan Antonovich Kupreyanov was the head of the Russian-American Company in Alaska from 1835 to 1840. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Adolf Karlovich Etolin (born Arvid Adolf Etholén) January 9, 1799 in Helsinki, Finland, died March 29, 1876 Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link 1857) | October 14, 1850 — March 31, 1853 |
| 11 | Aleksandr Ilich Rudakov | March 31, 1853 — April 22, 1854 |
| 12 | Stepan Vasiliyevich Voyevodsky (d. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces For the game see 1850 (board game. 1850 ( MDCCCL) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year 1884) | April 22, 1854 — June 22, 1859 |
| 13 | Ivan Vasiliyevich Furugelm (1821 — 1909) | June 22, 1859 — December 2, 1863 |
| 14 | Prince Dmitri Petrovich Maksutov (1832 — 1889) | December 2, 1863 — October 18, 1867 |
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