USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Commandant’s House, at Fort Ross, California. Established in 1812 by the Russian-American Fur Company, Fort Ross supplied Russia’s settlements in Alaska with farm produce and was a center for Russian-Spanish trade.

Detailed explanation-2: -Located on the California coast, Fort Ross State Historic Park was established in the early 1800s as Russian-American settlement from 1821 until 1841.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fort Ross is a California State Historic Park showcasing a historic Russian-era fort compound designated a National Historic Landmark. Russians settled on the ancestral Kashia Pomo lands called Metini and the Kashia are still very much a part of the community today.

Detailed explanation-4: -After making unsuccessful attempts to interest both the British and Mexicans in the fort, the Russians finally found a buyer in John Sutter. An American emigrant to California, Sutter bought Fort Ross in 1841 with an unsecured note for $30, 000 that he never paid.

Detailed explanation-5: -Krepostʹ Ross), is a former Russian establishment on the west coast of North America in what is now Sonoma County, California. It was the hub of the southernmost Russian settlements in North America from 1812 to 1841.