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Battle of Sitka. The Battle of Sitka, a painting by Louis S. Glanzman, depicts details of the 1804 battle between invading Russian forces and Kiks.ádi Tlingit at the mouth of Indian River in what is now Sitka National Historical Park.
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The Battle of Sitka (Russian: Сражение при Ситке; 1804) was the last major armed conflict between Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before.
The Battle of Sitka, a painting by Louis S. Glanzman, depicts details of the 1804 battle between invading Russian forces and Kiks.ádi Tlingit at the mouth of Indian River in what is now Sitka National Historical Park.
The Battle of Sitka (1804) was the last major armed conflict between Eurasians and Alaska natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years prior.
BATTLE OF OLD SITKA, JUNE 1802. Sometime near summer solstice in 1802 hundreds of Tlingit warriors attacked the Russian/Aleut settlement of St. Michael’s, near present day Sitka, Alaska, killing nearly all of the inhabitants.
The painting hangs in the foyer of Sitka National Historical Park’s Visitor Center and its very commonly presented as a graphic illustration of the battle. The primary function of the painting seems to be of educational or utilitarian character rather than artistic.
