Baranof Island is an island in the northern Alexander
Archipelago in Alaska. The island was named after Alexander Andreyevich
Baranov, the first governor of Russian America. Baranov Island was the center
of Russian activity in North America during the period from 1804–1867.
Located on Baranof Island, Sitka was once the capital
of Russian America and the fur-trading center of Alaska. Russian America was
the name of the Russian colonial possessions in the Americas. In 1867
Russia sold its last remaining possessions to the United States.
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