What Happened to the Russian Settlers in Early Alaska? Modern People of Alaska
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- What happened to the Russian settlers that settled in early Alaska? Today, we're going to discuss the modern and historic people that live in the US state of Alaska, and how they came to be there.
Be sure to let me know your thoughts on the early Russian colonization of Alaska, and how their rule affected the state today.
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I am of Russian Aleut Descent, this part of history is so largely forgotten.
Eziekle Crafts Those people want to get lost
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You need to play musical instrument and mix in the beat of the Russian Aleuts and the bass
ALASKA HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
(1:42) "News of this island was soon received in Moscow" - the capital of Russia back then was Saint-Petersburg )))))
You mean Leningrad?
Saint-Petersburg was renamed to Leningrad in XX century, while expedition happened in XVIII. So no - it reached Saint-Petersburg.
its Petrograd :)
Carlo Alvero It was only renamed Petrograd after the Russian Empire sold Alaska....
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Russian fur traders were well established in California in the early 1800s. The first Orthodox church on the continental US was the Russian settlement of Fort Ross in California, also the first recorded windmills in California were built there. The nearby Russian River is named after the Russians that lived there and explored it.
TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST mentions Russians in California.
Ok do it really look like I care
That is actually an important thing to realize historically. That was the meeting point of the extent of Spanish expansion to the north and the Russians heading south. John Sutter bought Ft. Ross which gave him gravitas along with this Spanish land grant...and thus Sutter became the cornerstone of Americans migrating from the East and taking over Spanish California.
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also the first-ever ship that was built in California was built at Fort Ross
I am Alaskan Native and I was born and baptized in an Eastern Orthodox Cathedral but I am not "Russian" I am Aleut. So we have a lot of Russian influence.
No-one's calling you Russian. Orthodox Churches are named after their national patriarchies or metropolitans so in your case it would probably have been an American Orthodox Church (which was granted autocephaly from the Russian Orthodox Church back in the Cold War; which basically means seperation). But essentially most Orthodox churches in America are descended from the Russian Patriarchy so it would be very similar to Russian Orthodoxy
This. 100%. That Creole nonsense is ridiculous
In 1910, My Great Grandfather, Stepan Sergeyvich Shvets Took his family to Hawaii. In 1917, he was photograpged along with my GGmother and their oldest daughter. It was taken for an interview to be repatriated back to Russia for the war effort. I found the actual written interview which included extra children, one was my Grandmother. After Pearl Harbor was struck by the Japanese, My Gmother and Gfather and their little 3 boy family moved to North Carolina. And now, here I am some many years later.
I am assuming your great-grandparents eventually settled in Hawaii and were not repatriated back to Russia? Russia has a long history of interaction in the Hawaiian Islands (search for Fort Elizabeth on Kauai island in your browser).
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Well they found paradise in the Carolinas.
@@dakers2052 You didn't read her entire comment. Her great grand-parents moved to North Carolina from Hawaii after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
@@drServitis I interpreted it as her grandparents, not great-grandparents (who I was referring to). "My Gmother and Gfather and their little 3 boy family moved to North Carolina. And now, here I am some many years later." She never says what exactly happened to her great-grandparents.
Russians also colonized some of northern california before the spanish.
I believe there was only one settlement with only a handful of settlers, but it is interesting!
Fort Ross in 1812.
Yes; up near Elk, CA and other environs near there.
What "Spanish", what country etc. was and/or is that?
Megis Channel Spain.
Russian Orthodox monks also treated Alaska's native inhabitants better than the American settlers
Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the Siberians...
Ding dong so long they call it long schlong what about siberians? They still live there nobody cares now and cared about them back then . American propaganda at it’s funniest. Ask locals if there would be Genozide they would remember it init?
St. Herman of Alaska, and St.Innocent are 2 examples. These two holy men loved the Alaskan natives and defended them against the brutal Russian fur traders. Eastern Orthodoxy has never been aligned with a colonial power, unlike Catholicism and Protestantism.
@@danmseattle975 not true. After the Bolshevik revolution the Communist party took over the Russian orthodox church. Today the Freemasons run the Greek and Syrian orthodox churches. Sorry to disappoint you but that is the reality in the 21st century.
@@xanshen9011
Russian Defense Minister Shoigu is a native Siberian. if you slander Russians on the Internet, he will take care of you. )))
they sold it after the Crimea war to prevent it from falling into British or French hands, as the British population was on the rise in British Columbia the Russians feared invasion so they sold it to get profit
storm Front and it help with the war.
@@hectorvega621 No the Crimean War ended the decade before.
@@conveyor2 Well that was disappointing.
Exactly that's a reasonable explanation. Also no one knew about natural resources such as gold.
It was more than the Crimean war. Bering's explorer group killed some sea otters to survive, sleeping on their fur and eating their meat. They were surprised to see how much those pelts sold for to the Chinese during their return, which had a lot to do with their interest in Alaska. The Russians enslaved the Aleuts to hunt sea otters until they were mostly wiped out. By the time the sea otters were hunted out, some Aleuts were trading with British and Americans and thus were able to acquire firearms. Because of historical treatment against them, it became very dangerous to be a Russian in Alaska. With that danger and the fact that Alaska no long longer had a lot of sea otters left to exploit the Crimean war was just one more reason to get rid of Alaska.
Alaska and Siberia seem to have very similar geography, both places are fantastic places to think about visiting.
a google user Alaska is a paradise, Siberia is where exiles go to die
Fun fact: Athabaskan is related to Navajo and Apache as well as a few tribes in parts of California. When the chief of Minto and his family stayed at our house in Anchorage, his wife was Navajo and the languages were similar enough, they could speak to each other. This is shown on the language map shown.
Yep. Anthropologists refer to the Alaskan and Canadian contingent as Northern Athabaskans and the folks in the lower 48 states as Southern Athabaskans.
Jeanette Waverly
Hi! Got my BA Anth at UAA. I do miss Anchorage. AK was a great place to live.
@@keirfarnum6811 I got mine at the University of New Mexico, in the heart of Southern Athabaskanland. Let's hear it for Anthros everywhere!
It wasn't just the effectiveness of the Russian Orthodox priests in converting Native Alaskans. Their methodology of mission work was a model of respect and cultural awareness that chose not to subjugate existing native traditions, but to teach that they were also seeking truth and the divine. There are some excellent histories of the efforts of the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska. Thanks for all your work. I've shared and recommended many times.
Tom S.
Its basically the opposite of how Moscow Patriarch "Orthodox" priests are today
@@atkkeqnfr not exactly!
Every time Moscow Patriarch was like a "Church's King", but everywhere and everytime more and more priests live like native people. It's a Russian way - an ordinary priest is married and lives with his family among the people in which he serves, he becomes one with his community. And his whole family becomes a part of the people, an example for people's lives.
Christianity is the only true faith and all native peoples must leave their false traditional beliefs and be converted to it.
The real truth ! The Russians didn't butcher the natives , like the US/ Europeans did in the lower forty eight. However, the US during WW II did account for many deaths - when they moved the Aleuts to the main land. I fished next to the Russians in Homer - in the 70s.
@@garrycompton7214 I guess you don't know about the Awa'uq massacre.
In fact, Russian settlers had reached North California. The fort Ross for example
A couple corrections. In Alaska we don't call Eskimoes "Inuit", they are either Yupik or Inupiat depending on the tribe, Tlingit is pronounced "Cling-kit" and Kenai is pronounced "Key-Nye", the three largest Native groups are Yupik, Inupiat, and Athabaskan, and no one calls mixed race Alaska Natives Alaskan Creoles. Other than that not bad.
No we just call them natives the Creole part was dropped decades ago.
Joshua Campbell It depends on the person and what they want to be called but we prefer the term Alaskan native.
And Nikolaevsk is pronounced Nik-O-Ly-Visk.
Actually, there are many more Alaskan Native tribes than just the few you mention, and they are commonly just called Alaskan Natives, not Inuit, Yupik, Inupiat, Tlingit, nor any other specific tribal name, unless that tribe is specifically known and being referenced for some reason.
In agreement with alaskadrifter, in almost half a century of interacting with other Alaskans, including many from the previous 2 generations, i can't recall a single time the term "Creole" was used to refer to Native Alaskans of mixed tribal lineage. That honestly feels like it's disrespectful in so many ways. Then again, we, in my family, at least, generally didn't spend much time around those who weren't nice people. And, typically, outspoken "racists" weren't well accepted in Alaskan culture. i suspect that has much to do with the diversity that has been synonymous with Alaska for thousands of years, as well as the required interdependence to survive/thrive. Few have been able to survive Alaska very long by themselves, despite many foolish attempts.
Russian settlements all the way to Northern California..
The Russians had build an outpost in Northern California in 1812, and the first Orthodox church in the continental United States was build at Fort Ross. ..
It's great that ethnicity and race can be dealt with in an educational and entertaining way without chauvinism or guilt
Chauvanism? yikes.
Only a white person would make a comment like that.
@@chocomanger6873 And only white people would say their race is superior, which is exactly his point.
The Russians deserve some guilt for this as much as any other colonizer.
In addition to traditional Russian Orthodox followers, there is a settlement of "Old Believers" who broke off from the mainstream Orthodox.
Donald Petkus yup
Theres lots of russian villages
In alaska
The Russian orthodox church abroad (completely separate from ROCOR) has a mission church in Moscow Idaho. They are old believers. They claim the current Moscow Patriarch are crypto-Marxists.
Back to Moscow with all of them.
sombody stop this madman his channel is too interesting.
He's like Wikipedia in person
What's your race?
It would be good if he spoke english
"Yes, there are Black people in Alaska." That was like my phrase that I had to constantly say when people found out I was from Iowa, especially when I lived in California.
They came to Alaska to escape the racism in Continental United States
Anchorage is one of the most diverse places in the United States. Lots if interesting people from all over the world here
the reason your channel is going upwards is because you make good content :)
"Not only Russians, but Ukrainians" - you made me laugh. There were no "ukrainians" these times.
Yes, there were, Soviet just stole it
The Ukrainians back then would have been szarist Russiand. As the Ukrainian wad was part of Russia at the time.
There was a separate Ukrainian language then and separate history, as for a long time Ukraine had been part of the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania, along with ByeloRussia, before being conquered by Russia.
There were! The fact that ethnicity is not independent doesn't change the fact it exists
@@KateeAngel What constitutes an ethnicity is an open question. Sure, people of Ukraine had a number of features that made them distinct from Moscow Russians, but so did people in all Russia's provinces. Back then Ukrainians didn't have a clear identity. Some of them thought of themselves as Russians, some as a separate nation. It's the thing even today - many Ukrainians see themselves as a subset of Russians. Their ethnic identity often depends on their political views. It's even more pronounced in Belarus, where the majority of people believe that Russia's Russians and Belarusians are two groups within Russian ethnicity. Even the president of Belarus once said that Belarusians are Russians, just the best version.
"What happened?" Ask the Eskimos with Russian names who belong to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Racist
JS Customs
calling someone an eskimo is racist?
Bino Dino maxilimilanMus royal guar I was joking but there’s a lot of tribes and people just disrespect them by saying “eskimos”. That’s like looking at an admin person, not knowing where in Asia they are from and just calling them Chinese. It’s disrespectful
JS Customs Yeah, we prefer native alaskan is you don’t know which tribe we are
Remy Fagerstrom
ok good to know
You forget to mrntion that every years at least 50.000 (and increasing) Alaskian citizens sign a decret to give Alaska back to Russia. As the native Alaskians knows from tellings; that Russians treated the indigenous peoples very good the oppodite of the US settlers, that slaughteted many of the natives. Same with the natiive in the US territories. Russians traded down till Mexico and mostly California, where they were mostly welcomed and marry many native women. After the Europea Settlers arrived and stole California from Mexico, the few Russians went back to Alaska, were till today they stay proud on theyr heritage, that attrackted many natives, not only over religeon.
Bullshit
Can you do a video about the genetics of the baltics?
I was shocked that latvians and lithuanians have more finnic(N M178 haplogroup) than estonians do.
Really? I'll have to look into it
Masaman yay latvian is on average 38% and Lithuanian is on average 42% and estonia on average 34% N M178 haplogroup
Thanks for taking my suggestion
legofreak446
That's culturally. Genetically Estonians are far more closer to baltic populations than to finnish people
legofreak446
Speaking an indo european means nothing.
By that logic swedes and persians are brothers
Some people get race mixed up with linguistic categories -if you look at most Finns, Estonians, Hungarians etc they look European -many blond and blue eyed but yet they speak a non Indo-European language -the two are quite distinct -black Americans speak a European language (English) but are not European by race -same applies to the Finno-Ugric speaking peoples -most European by race but linguistically not.
*Me being born in Alaska, “How the hell am I 87% Russian?!
*watches video, “ohhhhhhh that makes more sense.”
NOT SOLD! Rented for 99 years! And that term ended long ago...
Sorry, all sales are final.
The Russian Federation is the legal successor to the USSR, and the USSR relinquished it's claims on Alaska at the order of Stalin. Modern Russia has no valid claims on it (legally speaking), the only way it would, would be to literally revive the Russian monarchy and instill the Romanov heir to make a claim. So basically, whether you agree with the choice he made or not, it's Stalin's fault.
Could you do some videos of the Less known European nations like San Marino? Or roman genetic legacy on the Middle East and North Africa?
A lot of levantis today look white and not Arab, in fact most of them are white
While most Arabs are indeed white, that is only true if you mean white as in skin tone, not genetic background.
IgotDis14 I mean as in genetic background
Cleopatra He meant to say what country from North Africa.
I would love a San Marino episode! European microstates are so fascinating
Native Siberians didn't push to extinction have you ever heard the autonomous republic of Sakha the republic of Chuvashia and many more?? get your facts straight
Why do you Americans always like to portray Russians in a negative way???
Jackal head we love Ovechkin in the US
Maybe the refugees from Eastern Europe mentioned some disturbing incidents from their homelands? You know, just in passing....
There are far more people living in Alaska who claim Russian descent that can be accounted for by historical statistics. It's kind of an Alaskan thing, I guess. Much like people from Louisiana claiming French descent in numbers that are simply too great, or people from New England claiming to be descendants of Mayflower immigrants, in unrealistic numbers.
I live in Delta Junction, AK. There are many ethnic russians here, so much so that the small local market has has whole sections of foodstuffs with Cyrillic writing on them.
I am from Alaska. Most of the imagration that comes to alaska is from the military. Alaska has the most vetrans per capida out of any state. No one uses the word creole in alaska. And way more people are part native and white then you said. And now most of the ethnic russians came in the 50's becouse of russian old believers xoming from south america. And then agian more russian refugees from the fall of the soviet union.
Wes Phillip : did you write your comment in Alaskan?
Hy brother how are you
dude if any thing we getting all the california wash outs all this bs gang bang all from their. we dont have a justice so they come hear to rack up new bill that wont connect to their 48 sheets
lots of colors take white names so just more bland more like not @SUI LAT
I think alaska is the only state that have imigrants from my country Montenegro. Governer of Alaska was John Dapchevich.
allot of Russian people still here..where i live ..from here in kenai all the way to homer there are several communities and villages and a couple of historical churches..and every summer my family camps out at a local lake where several Russian woman take there children and camp out at the same lake pretty much all of July while there husbands are out fishing..it is always good times and i have always had the deepest respect for the Russian people and there children are absolutely marvelous and well mannered and charismatic and the woman are absolutely radiant and fun loving bunch.we look forward to seeing them every year and it has been a joy to see how much they have grown every year,,there are many Russian people in Alaska and they represent there culture and people well as Alaska has always been home to some of Russia's people and there history is not only part of our history but Russia's as well.
Aw i wish the russians colonized more of canada. That would be so cool
Ukrainians at that time were simply Russians. Ukraine was not a name of an independent country but a name of a terriotry, it first became a country in 1917.
And BTW, Ukraine was part of Russia for a longer time then the US existed.
Interesting, I didn't know that, thanks.
Mark Davis You mean Ukraine was Soviet Union before getting independent, right?
Ahem Buryats are Mongolian siberians, they can speak Mongolian , accent different but still understable. Also in Mongolia there is still Buryat Mongolians. As a Mongolian citizen give us back Buryats, Khalimag, all Mongolian ethnic siberians.
By that logic Russians were simply Ukrainians.
Yes, they were Russian citizens, and therefore in legal terms, Russians. But they were ethnic Ukrainians who spoke Ukrainian. Them not having their own country didn't mean the Ukrainian people didn't exist. Similar to Kurds today.
nice video, informative and to-the-point. good visuals, appropriate and not just the typical google searched pics. i appreciate the clear narrative, lack of excess dialogue, and the confident delivery of information without annoyance. thank you for teaching me and not annoying me at the same time!! earned my support. new sub as of today :)
Lot of Americans have Russian roots and ancestors.And if we talk about other Slavic ancestors then even more.
I spent some time in Alaska when i was in the U.S.Air Force in 1980s Loved it.
Sitka was the capital of the Russian colony. I thought there were still people of Russian descent there?
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Completely ignored the roll of St. Innocent defending Native people from the Russian Trading Company and how he formed several native alphabet systems. This video doesn’t tell how the United States Government made Native language use forbidden and customs outlawed. The United States Government encouraged Protestant Missionaries and Churches to overcome the Orthodox Faith of the Alaskan people. The Orthodox Faith is pro environment and has elements that are close to traditional ways (respect for ancestors in our prayers of remembrance several times a year).
lmao
Ok one more.... 9:43 is pronouced "Nick-o-lie-vas(k)" we actually have several russian communities on the kenai peninsula, not just Nikolaevsk, there is also Voznesenka (which was founded when a group of people left nikolaevsk), and Kachemak Selo, which are out past homer at the END of the road, and several other unincorporated villages in the kachemak bay area.
I have to say, I actually enjoy your videos. I usually never comment, or even like videos on RUclips, but your channel is very entertaining. As a history buff myself I enjoy hearing the little weird things that make up our modern history. Keep up the good work.
I'm Orthodox, and I've seen a lot of icons in Orthodox Church in America (OCA) parishes with saints like Herman the Aleut. The pastor at my old parish leads the Sunday school on a youth trip to Alaska every year.
Tristan Lotz St. Herman of Alaska, St. Peter the Aleut, St
Yakov, St. Juvenali, St. Innocent, St. Tikhon.
Interesting search I'm waiting for Native Hawaii and new Zealand next please
Wish your channel continues that exponential growth too
Can't wait for the Q&A plz make it ASAP
Thanks for sticking with me man! You've been here for a while, less than 700 subs, I believe. QnA will probably be up on my second channel within the week (it's very hectic at my new apartment)
Masaman what's the name of your second channel and where could we ask you
It's called "Mason the Man" creative name I know. You can leave me a question on my last video
Here's a link: ruclips.net/channel/UCzQ_KS2ikIc_sLtZBmZBWOw
Best part of the video, is how he prenounced Kenai
One of the largest Native American populations of any state.... Russians didn't persecute Native Americans is the reason
Grew up in Alaska. Truly miss that place
great stuff !
I'm your biggest fan from Syria :D .. would love to see something about Syrian ethnicity groups and history, it's a fascinating subject and there are many conflicting theories about the origin of the people who make up Syria today .. I would really like to hear your take on it :D
Wow thanks man! I plan on doing a video a video about Arabs and the Levant soon. Congratulations on almost defeating DAESH. Hopefully the fighting will come to a stop soon.
Asef B Can you give us an update on what the US is doing in Syria since we all know the media & government lies to everyone.
Do a video about the turkic division between Caucasian and asians
They also have relations with Finns, And other Uralics. My father is Turk and mother is Finn but I call myself Finnish because my father died when I was 2 years old. I could not learn anything from him about my Turkic blood :(
Suomi 007 I feel sad for you :( how are Finnish people are they okey
Yes we are ok.
Suomi 007 how good for you :) have a nice day
Thanks you have too.
I live in Northern California and visited Fort Ross on the annual festival where they do the complete reenactments of how this Fort operated during the Russian Colonial times. This Russian Fort used to supply food and other goodies to Russian Alaska, it was so cool to tee the living history
One of my favorite channels on RUclips now. I love learning about different people and cultures.
I'm glad to see the Russian community live in Alaska continue with Russian traditions big thank you for that.
you mentioned Hawaii, there was briefly a Russian colony on Kauai
A vid on Kazaria would be cool as for some reason despite it being such a massive place, it appears to be blotted out of our western history books.
Also about Caucasian Khazar jews and Khazarian mafia
@@bulbasaurpokemon3573 that is when this channel mysteriously starts losing subscribers
Just reading the Michener "Alaska" book. It doesn't follow the Russian creoles past the gold rush era, so this was very informative!
When I lived in AK, every once in a while there would be small groups of “old believers” who came to town. They wore clothes that looked like traditional Russian clothes (simple patterned dresses and bonnets). They are still there.
Great video! We are visiting Alaska soon & I love learning about the history of a place!
Between 1816 and 1817 Russia built 3 forts on the Island of Kauai in Hawaii. Remnants of Fort Elizabeth near the mouth of the Waimea River still exists today.
I should just stop reading comment's I fell like I'm getting dummer
Perhaps you were always dumb. You are just having an awakening. :P
awesome video. I love shit like this. your videos are the kind of stuff people need to be watching in these turbulent times when we got so many ignorant assholes out there preaching supremacy when they don't even have a clue about ethnicity. thanks again, keep em coming!
Thanks man! I agree! Too much hatred towards other people that they might not understand!
Two Thumbs up Mr.!!! You never cease to amaze me,as well as everyone else,at how much information you educate The Masses! Thank you kindly!
Alaska is probably the hardest state to invade.
Just to let you know... Ninilchik south of Kenai north of Homer is a village with Russian ancestry, and Athabaskan. It was considered a "Retirement" community. Some of the cities names still have Russian "Stems". Kenai, where I live is short for Kenaitze. Kenaitze is a Russian and Native language mix. It means People of the river. Other than that good video.
Well this is interesting, if Kenai was the tribe name then Kenaitze or Kenaitsy (Кенайцы) how it would be transliterated nowadays would just mean Kenaians.
I´m a "continental" russian and this video was very informative for me :)
@@birgbirg111 ya from my understanding kenaitze means people of the kenai River
Great video as always.
9:00 Russian Empire
From Norway to India, from Germany to Canada.
Its amazing to me how the history of my state is so different than today's culture. Many places farther north do still carry traditional values, but if you look at how we live today here in Alaska, you would never guess how rough and hard its history has been. I mean, I drive a Volvo XC90, live in a gated subdivision north of Anchorage in a home with central heat and a community pool, commute to the city everyday on paved 55 MPH highways, and get a Starbucks from the neighborhood shopping center before heading out every morning. Such a huge difference compared to what Alaska was not even 100 years ago. What does piss me off however, is when people ask me if I live in an igloo, if we have roads with street lights, or if we eat reindeer - which I won't lie, is actually true. Reindeer hotdogs are delicious. My vegetarian sister is going to visit me and murder me now.
I love how the video complains abouyt teh Russian genocides on natives compared to USA.
if only Russia had ben as "efefctuve" as USA there whould have been no ethinc minor grupos left in Russia today (as in USA, most are later immigrant in the US but not in Russia)...
ya because this was covering Russian Alaskan history not the history of the united states.
Peter Magro plus the Siberian history of Russia. Both side's have committed genocide.
The Romanovs were an evil Satanic empire . People have romantic notions about them that are simply untrue.
Gotta figure out how to throw some more hate on the USA. It's what's cool. Good for you Peter.
Thanks so much. I really enjoy these videos.
I grew up on Chichagof Island in the 70s. One of the oldest Orthodox churches still stands there in Hoonah, a Tlingit fishing village.
Informative and put together very well, subbed
This is a great video, but one thing annoys me: you should be calling the lower 48 the “contiguous states”, not the continental ones, as Alaska is part of the North American continent.
Absolutely good point
Anchorage didn't exist until 1914. Even then, it was a tent-city for the railroad.
Russia didn't sell the entirety of the Alaskan territory to the U.S.
Russia didn't even claim to own the entirety of Alaska and if they did those claims wouldn't be legitimate.
Russia maintained a handful of settlement and trade post along the southern coast of Alaska. But never had permanent structures or any substantial clame within the interior or the vast majority of the Alaskan wilderness. Infact the majority of Alaska was populated, settled and claimed by the Indigenous peoples of Alaska.
The bill of sale between Russia and the U.S. only mentions the handful of settlements and trade posts along the southern coast; and as far as a bullet can fly from their walls.
The U.S. bought the right to trade with the indigenous populations within the territory not the territory it's self.
However the U.S. turned around and complete ignored the indigenous peoples God given claim to territory and claimed to have bought all of Alaska. Even dispite never having any permanent structures or legitimate claim or presence in the majority of the territory.
The indigenous people of Alaska had no say or any compensation in the sale of their territory. The U.S. didn't let native Alaskans vote till well after the 1960s.
The U.S. federal government till this day never had any right to claim the Alaskan territory or it's natural wealth. It remains today as one of the greatest thefts in history.
Alaska: *quietly plays American national anthem*
in other words, Alaska is part of the U.S.A and it ain't ever going back.
Cope
@Stephen Jenkins wrong
@Stephen Jenkins I don't cry bitch
As Alaskan born and breed I can say you are accurate. Fun fact, mountain view (neighborhood in Anchorage) is the most diverse in the US. Most of Asia is represented.
I'm a descendent of an original Russian settler. Elias Bolshanin and his son Nicholas (Nikolai) Bolshanin. They were fur traders.
Just subscrbed a couple of weeks ago, or so. Great channel, & videos. Reminds me of a set of old books, hard to find today; " the secret museum of mankind ". I think now on web ?Thanks.
Bare in mind that they sold Alaska when Russia was ruled by Tsars not communists who hated America.
The Russians sold Alaska to the US because they were bankrupt by war.
A lot of Russians still see Alaska as somewhat apart of Russia even though its owned by the US as most white settlers up their are of Russian descent.
"A lot of Russians still see Alaska as somewhat apart of Russia" - doubtly. May be only as a joke.
"May be only as a joke" oh my) you or really naive or may be big fan of russia to say things like that.
Dude, look it up.
Russian nationals still belief Alaska to still belong to Russia.
That's all i mean jeez!
I live in Russia, and only people who say things like that are drunk or crazy. You can relax, your precious Alaska is your
What Russians think that Alaska belongs to Russia? I never met one...
just a couple things. Kenai is pronounced more like key-nye (or keen-eye). Tlingit is pronounced more like clink-it. cool video.
The only Alaska Natives that resemble Siberians are along the Aleutian, West and North coast of Alaska. The largest extent of land where Alaska Natives lived at the time of Russian contact has a language that is similar to the Navajo and is completely different than the Siberian indigenous people. The researchers who made this video didn't dig very deep.
i'm not sure "integrated into society" equals "left no genetics behind"
As an Alaskan myself, I was actually surprised that you got just over 55%of the pronunciation correct. My mom's side of the family has been here since before it was a state, so I'm a 4th gen Alaskan.
1.7 billion for Alaska! What a bargain!
Rain Maker For what ? None of The Bankers didn't - or went to see The Plot ! Buying Something - Not knowing !
@@holoholopainen1627 With the amount of land that was in it was almost assured to have something that would make it worth the payoff.
$1.7 billion is the amount of a tax increase on oil being proposed right now PER YEAR. Yes, it was a solid investment. I think actually it was a good deal for both countries at the time as long as Russia actually got the money, which according to other comments, that's a possibility.
Russians and Ukranians are almost indestinguishable even today, and back then, they were still viewed upon as a single people, much like Austrians and Germans. That's the only mistake I managed to find in your video. Great work btw.
To foreigners, yes..Do auatrians and germans have different languages and different surnames? didnt think so.
can you make a video about the people who lived in europe before the indoeuropesns?
VizualProduction I don't want to shit on your imagination, but I'm afraid no people lived in Europe before the indoeuropeans
@@2AKgym dumbass, what about the greeks, illyrians, latins
Have You ever heard about finno-ugric people? Looks like not. @@2AKgym
@@Elvajaak finno Ugric people are from Asia and came much later on; don't talk about things you don't understand
@@2AKgym U must be really stupid if You say so. Do some research before you reply again...
I was born in Alaska & we homesteaded there before it became a State. This was pioneer Alaska. We homesteaded south of Ninilchick. The Orthodox church located there was then in active use.our " neighbors" referred to themselves as Russian/ Native. They also said the Russians had used Alaska as a penal colony, similar to the way Britain used Australia. Prisoneers were brought over & dropped off with nothing. It was sink or swim!! Many married into the local Native Tribes to survive. My Father taught school in the Bristol Bay area & up around the Circle. Certain villages were basically ruled by the Orthodocx priest. These were " dry"( no alcohol) settlements. These same villages operated on the Old Style(OS) calender used in Tzarist times prior to The Russian Revolution. There is between a 2-3 week difference in dates. So, the public school operated on the OS calender. All holidays were celebrated at different dates than other public schools across the American Union! This was back in the late 1970's. So modern Alaska operating under a 100 yocalender from a foreign country!! How does that make your head spin!!
My family homesteaded in Ninilchik in 1947
interesting stuff man , just a lot of info and no bs and juicing stuff up for clicks , subbed !
You should do a video on how the Arabic invasions effected the ethnic makeup of the Middle East and North Africa. Or maybe an episode on the Celts
interesting! i did not know about this "filipino-connection", too bad though that you did not mention that for a long time the territory was heavily contested by Russia, England and Spain which built forts which sometimes were close-by like spanish and russian settlements on Kodiak island, etc. Spain abandoned the region as the mexican independence announced itself, and England was kind of busy trying to settle things in Canada and finding the northwest passage... this unclear territorial issue is what provoked the Lewis & Clark expedition in the first place, and from then on the presence of the US in the region... which Japan jeopardized for a while during WW2 in Attu and environs
Métis is pronounced like May-tee.
Thanks! I always manage to mess up at least one pronunciation. Sometimes it blows my mind to learn that people groups are pronounced a different way, because I've said it a certain way my entire life.
Masaman since we're discussing pronunciation, it's supposed to be kee-nai peninsula. But still a great video. I'm a Tlingit from SE AK and there's a lot of Natives that can legitimately claim Russian descent. We never used the word Creole, but there's a lot of stories about bastards of Russian soldiers and sailors from around Sitka where there was a big fort(it's actually still there).
Maybe 'met-TEE' is a better approximation. May-tee causes a diphthong, which is alien to the French word.
It's pronounced: "French colonial."
Thank you for this thoughtful program
They all dug a hole and live underground and they come out at night to steal potatos to make vodka and Adidas track suits to transport back to the motherland
another false data here is that you mentioned native to sibera peoples had harsh times? like what? siberian natives like Buryats, Yakuts, Tuvinians, Nenets, and many more i can't count them all preserved their culture, language and even grew in nubmers! Modern Russian population is dominated for 78% by white Russians but still Far Eastern Russia has a big populaiton of none white origin, in fact-the siberian peoples. So do ur homework before getting down to historic issues of foreign lands. Cheers.
I hope you know that Mongolian people are Siberian themselves.
Erik Helgesson good point ive traveled through Russia and ive seen many of them. its so amazing. unlike american natives
That thing you mentioned annoyed me a bit too but I pass on it thinking its just the usual American attempt to downplay the terrible history of Native Americans. Siberian natives are doing pretty well in Russia most of them having their own state like autonomy with its own government, taxes and native language as the largest region in Siberia Republic of Yakutia.
+Paul V Sakhas/Yakuts are invaders from the south.
Erik Helgesson I think this can answer your questions. :) Russian conquest of Siberia - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_conquest_of_Siberia
I love when I see a RUclips that talks about something that I never thought about. Thank you for feeding my brain.
This is a cool channel, I've stumbled across it a few times because I'm a huge history/ Geography buff. nice content.
It's pronounced "keen eye" (Kenai). A really good book on the history of Russia in Alaska is Orthodox Alaska, by Fr. Micheal Oleksa. The religious content aside, it reveals the contrasts between the relationships the Russians had with the natives based on equality and acknowledgement that this was native land, verses the US govt's relationship based on the way they always dealt with native tribes down below.
My family went from Russian Alaskans to Russia to Cuba to Florida in just 6 generations how did it happen I don’t fucking know 😂.
I always watch to the end just to see that dank farewell pose.
Excellant video you taught me something I did not know. God Bless you.
Why do so many in the comments section so quickly latch onto racist twaddle? One can discuss something without devolving into using racist epithets and ideology. It's ruining channels like these (which are not racist...anything but). Why not put on some grown up pants and talk like rational people. If you disagree, do so respectfully but directly.
polar bears are WHITE people?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.................... (U.F.O.)
But muh neckbeard!
Why give credence to terms like ‘racism’ in the first place? Why even buy into its implied moral framework, even? Most people (at least in the degenerated ‘West’) see this realm of study as ‘racist’ and ‘immoral’ from the get-go; capitulating to liberal nonsense gets you absolutely nowhere.
Decry ‘racism’ all you like, let the entire world know how much you love brown people; you’ll still be called an ‘evil white-supremacist Nazi KKK cartoon-bad-person’ by shitlibs.
@@Floral_Green Amen Jay
making a dichotomy between "white americans" and "Russian americans" is just wrong.
There is a remnant north of San Francisco, of ancestors of Alaskan-Russian settlers who colonized Fort Ross and Sebastopol CA in the 19th century
0:36 I don't know if its just me, but I'd much rather live in a cabin on a snow-capped mountain rather than a scorching beach on some island.