Alexander Baranof - Sitka, AK
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N 57° 02.988 W 135° 19.973
8V E 479805 N 6322978
Statue of Alexander Baranof, a historic figure from the Russian period of Alaska history.
Waymark Code: WM3X4H
Location: Alaska, United States
Date Posted: 05/29/2008
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Baranof was the manager of the Russian fur trading company in Alaska from 1791 until 1818. The Russian American Company was chartered in 1799 by Czar Paul 1, and that same year Baranof established a Russian fort and administative office in Sitka, which became the capital of the colony.
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