Unit 3: Russian Colonization
Vocabulary you need to know!
General websites for this unit:
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russians-settle-alaska
www.akhistorycourse.org/russias-colony/the-russians-use-alaska
www.akhistorycourse.org/russias-colony/ioann-veniaminov-st-innocent-1797-1871
The Promyshlenniki
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-zAqsc4drg
People you need to know:
Resources for the Baranov Essay Assignment - Baranov - Hero or Villain?
academic.oup.com/whq/article-abstract/47/2/243/2223707/Empire-Maker-Aleksandr-Baranov-and-Russian?redirectedFrom=fulltext
www.britannica.com/topic/Russian-American-Company
ahistoryblog.com/2013/06/06/alexander-andreyevich-baranov-1746-1819-lord-of-alaska/
www.akhistorycourse.org/docs/russian_american_book7.pdf
- Archipelago
- Promyshlenniki
- Labor
- Capital
- Natural resources
- Sovereignty
- Profit
- Investment
- Incentive
- Exploitation
- Private property
- Common property
General websites for this unit:
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russians-settle-alaska
www.akhistorycourse.org/russias-colony/the-russians-use-alaska
www.akhistorycourse.org/russias-colony/ioann-veniaminov-st-innocent-1797-1871
The Promyshlenniki
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-zAqsc4drg
People you need to know:
- Aleksandr Andreevich Baranov (1746-1819)
- Vitus Bering (1681-1741)
- Nikolai Rezanov (1764-1806)
- Gregorii Shelikhov (1748-1793)
- Ioann Veniaminov, St. Innocent (1797-1871)
Resources for the Baranov Essay Assignment - Baranov - Hero or Villain?
academic.oup.com/whq/article-abstract/47/2/243/2223707/Empire-Maker-Aleksandr-Baranov-and-Russian?redirectedFrom=fulltext
www.britannica.com/topic/Russian-American-Company
ahistoryblog.com/2013/06/06/alexander-andreyevich-baranov-1746-1819-lord-of-alaska/
www.akhistorycourse.org/docs/russian_american_book7.pdf
Map showing Russian settlements in Alaska
Treaty of Cessation
Map of Russian America
www.loc.gov/item/99446183
Russian Anti-Sale Considerations
Key players in the Alaska Purchase
international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfak/mfaksale_gkey.html
Russia and the Sale of Alaska
international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfak/mfaksale_grussia.html
Draft of letter from Gorchakov to Konstantin
international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?intldl/mtfront:@OR(@field(NUMBER+@band(mtfms+i1019)))
Memorandum concerning the proposed sale
memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtfms&fileName=msi/i1017/mtfmsi1017.db&recNum=0
Russian Pro-Sale Considerations
Letter from Grand Duke Konstantin to Prince Gorchakov
international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?intldl/mtfront:@OR(@field(NUMBER+@band(mtfms+i1016)))
Letter from Grand Duke Konstantin to Prince Gorchakov
international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?intldl/mtfront:@OR(@field(NUMBER+@band(mtfms+i1018)))
American Anti-Purchase Considerations
News articles
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1867-09-23/ed-1/seq-4/
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015486/1867-04-18/ed-1/seq-2/
American Pro-Purchase Considerations
Seward's Speech at Sitka, August 12, 1869
international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?intldl/mtftext:@field(DOCID+@lit(mtfgc1003_2))
News Articles
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053571/1867-12-24/ed-1/seq-2/
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053571/1867-08-23/ed-1/seq-2/
Additional reading and rebuttal
www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/november/David%20Barker-Alaska.pdf
economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/was-the-alaska-purchase-a-good-deal/?_r=0
www.loc.gov/item/99446183
Russian Anti-Sale Considerations
Key players in the Alaska Purchase
international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfak/mfaksale_gkey.html
Russia and the Sale of Alaska
international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfak/mfaksale_grussia.html
Draft of letter from Gorchakov to Konstantin
international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?intldl/mtfront:@OR(@field(NUMBER+@band(mtfms+i1019)))
Memorandum concerning the proposed sale
memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=mtfms&fileName=msi/i1017/mtfmsi1017.db&recNum=0
Russian Pro-Sale Considerations
Letter from Grand Duke Konstantin to Prince Gorchakov
international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?intldl/mtfront:@OR(@field(NUMBER+@band(mtfms+i1016)))
Letter from Grand Duke Konstantin to Prince Gorchakov
international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?intldl/mtfront:@OR(@field(NUMBER+@band(mtfms+i1018)))
American Anti-Purchase Considerations
News articles
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1867-09-23/ed-1/seq-4/
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015486/1867-04-18/ed-1/seq-2/
American Pro-Purchase Considerations
Seward's Speech at Sitka, August 12, 1869
international.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?intldl/mtftext:@field(DOCID+@lit(mtfgc1003_2))
News Articles
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053571/1867-12-24/ed-1/seq-2/
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053571/1867-08-23/ed-1/seq-2/
Additional reading and rebuttal
www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2009/november/David%20Barker-Alaska.pdf
economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/was-the-alaska-purchase-a-good-deal/?_r=0
Assignments and Files for Unit 3
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Analysis of Adventures in the Alaska Economy
www.akhistorycourse.org/comic/AK_Economy_pp1-55.pdf
www.akhistorycourse.org/comic/AK_Economy_pp56-109.pdf
www.akhistorycourse.org/comic/AK_Economy_pp110-116.pdf
www.akhistorycourse.org/comic/AK_Economy_pp1-55.pdf
www.akhistorycourse.org/comic/AK_Economy_pp56-109.pdf
www.akhistorycourse.org/comic/AK_Economy_pp110-116.pdf