Russia′s American Colony

Introduction / S. Frederick Starr 1

Part One. Opening the New World

The Discovery of Russian America / B. P. Polevoi 13

Russian Expansion in Siberia and America: Critical Contrasts / James R. Gibson 32

Part Two. The Tsars and Their American Colony

The Russian American Company and the Imperial Government: Early Phase / Mary E. Wheeler 43

Toward a History of the Liquidation of the Russian American Company / Raisa V. Makarova 63

Part Three. Russians and Native Americans

Russian Dependence upon the Natives of Alaska / James R. Gibson 77

Relations with the Natives of Russian America / R. G. Liapunova 105

Part Four. Cultural Life in Russian America

The Early Architecture and Settlements of Russian America / Anatole Senkevitch Jr. 147

The Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska / Antoinette Shalkop 196

Science and Education in Russian America / E. A. Okladnikova 218

Part Five. Russian America and the United States

Russian America and International Relations / N. N. Bolkhovitinov 251

The Sale of Russian America to the United States / James R. Gibson 271

The Significance of the Alaska Purchase to American Expansion / Howard I. Kushner 295

Part Six. Russian America: The Documents

Published Sources on Russian America / Patricia Polansky 319

Archival and Bibliographic Materials on Russian America outside the USSR / Richard A. Pierce 353

Notes 366

Index of Names and Places 421

Contributors 428