![]() ![]() : 37–39 Baranov was forced to levy 10,000 rubles in ransom for the safe return of the surviving settlers. In June 1802, Tlingit warriors destroyed the original settlement, killing many of the Russians, with only a few managing to escape. The governor of Russian America, Alexander Baranov, arrived under the auspices of the Russian-American Company, a colonial trading company chartered by Tsar Paul I. Russian explorers settled Old Sitka in 1799, naming it Fort of Archangel Michael ( Russian: форт Архангела Михаила, t Fort Arkhangela Mikhaila). ![]() The new Russian palisade atop " Castle Hill" ( Noow Tlein) that surrounded the Governor's Residence had three watchtowers, armed with 32 cannons, for defense against Tlingit attacks. Russian America New Archangel, 1805 The Russian-American Company's capital at Novo Arkhangelsk in 1837 Gajaa Héen (Old Sitka), c. The current name Sitka (derived from Sheet’ká, a contraction of the Tlingit Shee At'iká) means "People on the Outside of Baranof Island", whose Tlingit name is Sheet’-ká X'áat'l (here contracted to Shee). It was formerly known as New Archangel (Russian: Ново-Архангельск / Новоaрхангельск, romanized: Novo-Arkhangelsk / Novoarkhangelsk) while under Russian rule. With a consolidated land area of 2,870.3 square miles (7,434 square kilometers) and total area (including water) of 4,811.4 square miles (12,461 km 2), Sitka is the largest city by total area in the U.S. As of the 2020 census, Sitka had a population of 8,458, the fifth-most populated city in the state. The city is situated on the west side of Baranof Island and the south half of Chichagof Island in the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean (part of the Alaska Panhandle). It was under Russian rule from 1799 to 1867. Sitka ( Tlingit: Sheetʼká Russian: Ситка) is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. ![]()
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