Russians*

=The Russians: A Perspective on American History=

**Introduction:**
The Russians are an Asian group. Pre-1492, the Russians lived in a region of northern Asia now called the country of Russia. Geographical features that would have limited this group's ability to move include mountain ranges, the cold of the Siberian north, the Pacific Ocean, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. The Russians interacted with some neighbors, including Mongolia and China. The Russians would eventually shape American history by contributing to U.S. immigrant population and by their involvement in WWI and in the Cold War.

Religion (Worldview):
They believed in eastern Christianity -- they believed god created all the people. they believed jesus was the son of god and he came here to take punishment for all our sins.

1492: Columbus’ Arrival in the Americas
In 1492, Russia was composed of several feudal states and was not yet unified as one nation.

1607: English Colonists Arrive at Jamestown
The first Europeans to reach Alaska came from Russia. In 1648, Semyon Dezhnev, a Russian, first landed on Alaskan land. In 1725 Peter I of Russia called for another expedition.

1687: English Colonies Expand
small associations of fur traders began to sail from the shores of Siberia towards the Alautian islands. As the runs from Siberia to America became longer expeditions lasting two to four years or more the crews hunting and trading posts. By the late 1790s, these had become permanent settlements. about half of the fur traders were Russians from various Europein parts of the Russian Empire or from Siberia. The others were people from Siberia or Siberians with mixed native, European and Asian origins.

1802: Tlingit Battle the Russians at Sitka
By the 1800s, Russia was united in the Russian Empire, which extended from Poland in the east to Alaska. When the Russian-American Company's charter was renewed in 1821, it stipulated that the chief managers from then on be naval officers. Most naval officers did not have any experience in the fur trade, so the company suffered allot.

1839: The Amistad; the Trail of Tears
By 1804, Alexandr Baranov, now manager of the Russian–American Company, had consolidated the company's hold on fur trade activities in the Americas following his victory over the local Tlingit clan at the Battle of Sitka.

1850: Fugitive Slave Law Made
By the 1860s, the Russian government was considering ridding itself of its Russian America colony. Zealous overhunting had severely reduced the fur-bearing animal population.

2009: Today
Works Cited:Wikipedia