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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.
Bitwa o Sitkę (ros. Битва при Ситке) – bitwa stoczona w październiku 1804 pomiędzy Rosjanami a Indianami Tlingit, o Sitkę na Wyspie Baranowa. Przyczyną bitwy było zajęcie Sitki w 1802 przez Indian, którzy zabili znajdujących się tam Rosjan i Aleutów.
In 1779, Alexander Baranov, a leader of the Russian-American Company, arrived near the site of modern Sitka, and negotiated with the local Tlingit people for a site on which the company could establish an outpost.
Aleutian & Russian allied forces defeat the Tlingit tribe at the Battle of Sitka, 1804. By 1804, Baranov, now manager of the Russian–American Company, had consolidated the company's hold on fur trade activities in the Americas following his suppression of the Tlingit clan at the Battle of Sitka. The Russians never fully colonized Alaska.
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Battle of Sitka. 1804 battle that Russia faces the Alaskan natives. Upload media. Wikipedia. Instance of. battle. Part of. Russo-Tlingit War.
18 lut 2021 · In 1804, indigenous Tlingit people living near the Alaskan town of Sitka went to war with the Russians. Russian fur traders, actually, and their battle would have far reaching consequences, not...
26 kwi 2016 · For the Russians, the loss of Old Sitka effectively removed their foothold in southeast Alaska. Baranov and the Russian American Company were trying to move the colonial capital from Kodiak further south along the coast to fend off their European rivals in the fur trade.
