Russian America

Russian America was a colony in Pacific Coast and California (North America) that lasted from 1799 to 1867 CE, about 68 years. Its people spoke Slavic languages (Russian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian).

Alaska under the Russian-American Company, chartered in 1799 after fur traders settled Kodiak in 1784. It reached south to Fort Ross in California and was sold to the US in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars.

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Facts

Dates

1799 to 1867 CE

Duration

68 years

Type

Colony

Region

Pacific Coast and California, North America

Language family

Slavic

Capital

Kodiak, then New Archangel (Sitka)

Became

• United States 1776 CE to the present

Events in North America during its time

• 1803 Louisiana Purchase
• 1838 Trail of Tears
• 1848 Mexican Cession and California Gold Rush
• 1861 American Civil War begins
• 1867 Canadian Confederation and Alaska Purchase

Neighbours in North America

• United States 1776 CE to the present
• Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company) 1670 to 1870 CE
• Comanche empire (Comancheria) c. 1706 to 1875 CE
• Dominion of Canada 1867 to 1982 CE
• British North America 1763 to 1867 CE
• Confederate States of America 1861 to 1865 CE
• Danish Greenland 1721 to 1979 CE
• Spanish Florida 1565 to 1821 CE
• Santa Fe de Nuevo México 1598 to 1821 CE
• Spanish Texas 1690 to 1821 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Viceroyalty of Peru 1542 to 1824 CE, South America

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