Fort Ross

**Fort Ross**
	former Russian establishment in the United States of America The reconstructed orthodox Holy Trinity St. Nicholas Chapel at Fort Ross in 2016
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Instance of	fort; archaeological site; fortress;
Located in protected area	Fort Ross State Historic Park;
Location	California, Pacific States Region
Heritage designation	National Historic Landmark (Fort Ross, 1961–); National Register of Historic Places listed place (A, Fort Ross, NRHP building, 1966–); California Historical Landmark (Fort Ross, 1932–);
Inception	1812;
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	38° 30′ 52″ N, 123° 14′ 37″ W
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	Q1278115; VIAF ID: 145571551; GND ID: 4320996-8; Library of Congress authority ID: sh92001820; Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13927413p; IdRef ID: 168548259; NL CR AUT ID: ge913374; U.S. National Archives Identifier: 10043230; J9U ID: 987007553855305171; NRHP reference number: 66000239
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English: Fort Ross, a former Russian fur trade outpost, located on the coast of Northern California (United States). It was established by the Russian-American Company and functioned from 1812 till 1841. It is designated a United States National Historic Landmark and is part of the Fort Ross State Historic Park, a California state park.

Русский: Форт Росс - русская крепость на западном калифорнийском берегу Америки, основанная Русско-Американской компанией для промысла и торговли пушниной. Форт функционировал с 1812 по 1841 гг. В настоящее время это – музей, принадлежащий штату Калифорния и объявленный объектом исторической ценности национального значения.

History

Section of Coast of Northwest America from Fort Ross to Point Great Bodega [Tomales Point], 1817 (corrected 1819) Ship Kutuzov
Fort Ross painting by an unknown artist (1817)
Alexander Andreyevich Baranov (Russian Александр Андреевич Баранов), first governor of Russian Alaska, painting from 1818
Ivan Alexandrovich Kuskov
Aleut in Festival Dress in Alaska, watercolor by Mikhail T. Tikhanov, 1818
Balthazar, Inhabitant of Northern California, painting by Mikhail T. Tikhanov, 1818
Unalashka Natives with their Canoes (1827)
View of Fort Ross 1828 by A. B. Duhaut-Cilly
Settlement Ross, sketch by Ilya Gavrilovich Voznesenskii (1841)
Sketch of the Chernykh Ranch by I. G. Voznesenskii (1841)
Fort Ross circa 1865, earliest photo of the cove and fort
Fort Ross Cove before 1900
Fort Ross after the 1906 earthquake