Pioneers of Russian America. Petrova N.

In 2021, he was 280 years old since the Russian expedition led by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikova laid the foundation for the development of Alaska, which until 1867 was called Russian America. This book presents six biographical essays about those who left a significant mark in the history of this region: the “Ross Columbus” Grigory Shelikhov, the first ruler of the Russian colonies of Alexander Baranov, the founder of the Ross settlement in California Ivan Kuskov, the author of the California accession to Russia Dmitry Zavalishin, The Apostle of Alaska and Siberia, St. Innocent (Veniaminov), researcher and traveler Lavrenty Zagoskin. Different reasons and circumstances led them to the ends of the world, but all of them can be safely called ascetics and creators of Russian America.