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Official reports, notes, memoirs, descriptions of the territories of North America and maps, essays, monographs and other documents and publications were included in the section on the website of the Presidential Library devoted to the exploration of America by Russian travelers, diplomats and priests in the 18th and 19th centuries, the website of the library reports.
Russian America is the land in the possession of Russia in North America. In 1784, the first Russian settlement was located on Kodiak Island, off the southern coast of Alaska.
During the work on the continent of the Russian-American company established by Emperor Paul I, the Russian representative offices appeared not only in Alaska, but also on the Aleutian Islands, the northern archipelagoes and in the state of California, where Fort Ross was built.
The scanned copies of original documents will help to find out more about Russian expeditions to America, the basis of settlements, the way of life of local residents and settlers, as well as the details of the transfer of Alaska to the United States under an agreement from 1867.
The library specialists who prepared the section managed to collect documents from the leading archives of Russia, as well as regional collections. In total, the collection includes 86 documents.
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