russia colony

By Jerome williams

  • Bering

    Bering's second expedition, with Georg Wilhelm Steller aboard, the first naturalist to Expadition visit Alaska

  • Discovery of Alaska

    Discovery of Alaska
    Europeans finally discover Alaska. July 15

  • exploration of the Arctic Ocean

    exploration of the Arctic Ocean
    Captain james Cookof England explores the Arctic Ocean

  • The first settlement

    The first settlement
    First white settlement in Alaska on Kodiak Island, established by Grigorii Shelikov

  • Russian Director

    Russian Director
    Aleksandr Branov becomes director of Russian settlement.

  • First orthodox church

    First orthodox church
    First Russian Orthodox Church is established in Kodiak

  • Massacre

    Massacre
    Tlingit Indians massacre 20 Russian and up to 130 Aleut workers at old sitka.

  • smallpox

    smallpox
    The Dena'ina Population Decimated by smallpox.

  • Eskimo Mission School

    First mission school for the Eskimowas established at Nushagak by Russian-Greek

  • Fort Yukon

    Fort Yukon established