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2 unusual facts about Shelikhov


Shelikhov

Grigory Shelikhov (1747-1795), also spelled "Shelikof", a Russian fur trader

Shelikhov Gulf, sometimes called "Shelikhov Bay" or "Shelikhova Bay", a gulf off the northwestern coast of Kamchatka, Russia


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.

Three Saints Bay

The bay was named for the harbor, in turn named after one of Shelikhov's ships, itself named for the Three Holy Hierarchs.


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