russian era of alaska

  • Vitus Bering's first voyage.

    Vitus Bering's first voyage.
    Peter the great sends Vitus Bering to explore the north Pacific, ends up discovering Alaska.
  • Bering discovers alaska, goes ashore

    Bering discovers alaska, goes ashore
    Bering goes ashore, dies months later, and is buried on his own Bering Island
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    russian era of alaska

  • Russia starts hunting Alaskan seals

    Russia starts hunting Alaskan seals
    russians also establish trading posts
  • Aleuts revolt against russian invasion

    Aleuts revolt against russian invasion
    russia responds by destroying the villages of Unalaska and Umnak
  • First white settlement in Kodiak

    First white settlement in Kodiak
  • Czar Paul claims Alaska as a Russian possetion

    Czar Paul claims Alaska as a Russian possetion
  • russian navy controls alaskan waters

    russian navy controls alaskan waters
    British navy bars all foreign ships from alaskan waters
  • The US and Britain obtain trading rights in Alaska

    The US and Britain obtain trading rights in Alaska
    title explains it.
  • Alaskan native population decimated by smallpox

    Alaskan native population decimated by smallpox
  • Russia sells alaska to U.S.

    Russia sells alaska to U.S.
    William h. Seward proposes to buy Alaska from Russia, bought for 7.2 million