Fort Ross

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

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

Modern reconstruction

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  Rotchev House
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  The chapel
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  Inside the fort
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  A blockhouse
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  View of the fort from the beach
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  A view from the beach
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  A view of Fort Ross from the outside
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  View from the corner window
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  The Old Magasin
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  Bell outside Chapel at Fort Ross
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  Inside of Fort Ross

Camera location	38° 30′ 51.35″ N, 123° 14′ 36.88″ W	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	38.514263; -123.243577