On a history of Russian nineteenth century continental explorations in Alaska
Abstract In the 1840s, Russian-American Company paid much attention to exploration of the interior of continental Alaska. A ground for such an explorations has been solidly prepared by the Company’s fur extracting activities and by the preceding treks by Vasil’iev, Kolmakov, Glazunov, Malakhov, Luki...
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crioppubl:10.1088/1755-1315/579/1/012170 2024-06-02T08:09:57+00:00 On a history of Russian nineteenth century continental explorations in Alaska Postnikov, A V 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/579/1/012170 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/579/1/012170/pdf https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/579/1/012170 unknown IOP Publishing http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ https://iopscience.iop.org/info/page/text-and-data-mining IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science volume 579, issue 1, page 012170 ISSN 1755-1307 1755-1315 journal-article 2020 crioppubl https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/579/1/012170 2024-05-07T14:00:49Z Abstract In the 1840s, Russian-American Company paid much attention to exploration of the interior of continental Alaska. A ground for such an explorations has been solidly prepared by the Company’s fur extracting activities and by the preceding treks by Vasil’iev, Kolmakov, Glazunov, Malakhov, Lukin and Zagoskin. Russians were by now acquainted in general terms with geography and peoples inhabiting the lower courses of the Kvikhpak (the Yukon) and Kuskokwim rivers. The tribes inhabiting these region, on their part, were informed, at least indirectly, with Russian promyshlenniki’s activities through the process of fur barter trade and by this time did not consider contacts with them as an evil to be avoided at any cost. Zagoskin’s expedition was an outstanding achievement with respect to the study of the environment and population of Alaska’s interior. Arvid Adolf Etholen’s and Voznesenskii’s materials, together with the reports about the remarkable expedition by Zagoskin, attracted close attention of the leadership of the Geographical Society. Article in Journal/Newspaper Kuskokwim Alaska Yukon IOP Publishing Yukon IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 579 1 012170 |
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Abstract In the 1840s, Russian-American Company paid much attention to exploration of the interior of continental Alaska. A ground for such an explorations has been solidly prepared by the Company’s fur extracting activities and by the preceding treks by Vasil’iev, Kolmakov, Glazunov, Malakhov, Lukin and Zagoskin. Russians were by now acquainted in general terms with geography and peoples inhabiting the lower courses of the Kvikhpak (the Yukon) and Kuskokwim rivers. The tribes inhabiting these region, on their part, were informed, at least indirectly, with Russian promyshlenniki’s activities through the process of fur barter trade and by this time did not consider contacts with them as an evil to be avoided at any cost. Zagoskin’s expedition was an outstanding achievement with respect to the study of the environment and population of Alaska’s interior. Arvid Adolf Etholen’s and Voznesenskii’s materials, together with the reports about the remarkable expedition by Zagoskin, attracted close attention of the leadership of the Geographical Society. |
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On a history of Russian nineteenth century continental explorations in Alaska |
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