Fort Ross, California
Overview
Russia
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n establishment on the Pacific Coast
Pacific Coast
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in what is now Sonoma County, California
Sonoma County, California
Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California, is the largest and northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Its population at the 2010 census was 483,878. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa....
, in the United States
United States
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. It was the hub of the southernmost Russian settlements in North America in between 1812 to 1841. It has been the subject of archaeological
Archaeology
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investigation and is a designated National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
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and on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
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, and in Fort Ross State Historic Park
Fort Ross State Historic Park
Fort Ross State Historic Park is a protected historic site in the U.S. state of California. It includes Fort Ross, the former Russian settlement, with the surrounding area comprising the immediate coastline and the native Coast Redwood forests extending inland.-Fort Ross:Fort Ross was founded by...
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Fort Ross is a landmark in the history of European imperialism. The Spanish expansion
Spanish colonization of the Americas
Colonial expansion under the Spanish Empire was initiated by the Spanish conquistadores and developed by the Monarchy of Spain through its administrators and missionaries. The motivations for colonial expansion were trade and the spread of the Christian faith through indigenous conversions...
went west across the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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and the Russian expansion
Russian colonization of the Americas
The Russian colonization of the Americas covers the period, from 1732 to 1867, when the Tsarist Imperial Russian Empire laid claim to northern Pacific Coast territories in the Americas...
went east across Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
and the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
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