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2 unusual facts about Alexander Andreyevich Baranov


Alexander Andreyevich Baranov

From 1799 to 1818, through Nikolai Rezanov's intervention, he became chief manager for the influential Russian-American Company.

Seward, Alaska

In 1793 Alexander Baranov of the Shelikhov-Golikov company (precursor of the Russian-American Company) established a fur trade post on Resurrection Bay where Seward is today, and had a three-masted vessel, the Phoenix, built at the post by James Shields, an English shipwright in Russian service.


American Conquest

The German campaign briefly chronicles the expedition of Ambrosius Ehinger and Georg Hohermuth whereas the Russian campaign concerns the Alaskan campaign under Alexander Baranov.


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