From the 1780s to the 1820s, Kodiak Island, the first capital of Imperial Russia\'s only overseas colony, was inhabited by indigenous Alutiiq people and colonized by Russians.
Miller brings to light the social, political, and economic patterns of life in the settlement, making clea.
Against the backdrop of the fur trade, the missionary work of the Russian Orthodox Church, and competition among Pacific colonial powers, Gwenn A.
Together, they established an ethnically mixed "kreol" community.
From the 1780s to the 1820s, Kodiak Island, the first capital of Imperial Russia\'s only overseas colony, was inhabited by indigenous Alutiiq people and colonized by Russians