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vitus bering and Alexei Cherikof discovered alaska
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bering sights mt. st. elias on alaska mainland and goes ashore
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vitus bering dies
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Aleuts try to repel Russian 'invaders' in Unalaska, Umnak, and Unimak.
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Aleut Cheif of Tigalda Island, first to write aleut language and with father John Veniaminov (St. Innocent) to translate parts of the bible into Unangan language
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first school in Alaska established by the russians at Three Saints Bay-Kodiak Island
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Tlingit Indians massacre 20 Russian and up to 130 Aleut workers at Old Sitka
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Russians return to Sitka and attack Kiksadi fort on Indian River. Russians lose the battle, however Natives are forced to leave
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russian navy assumes authority in Alaska
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Russians start to explore the Nushagak, Kuskokwim, Yukon, and Koyuk rivers
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the russians sells Alaska to the United States for only a couple of cents an acre
