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a true novel style sought after so distant from shouldn't even the. planes to stop taking over the internet. and an israeli businessman trapped in georgia going to of course decision says he's been setup by the government which wants to avoid a one hundred million dollars and. probably back in about thirty minutes time of mourning his loss in the next we had to alaska for the largest state in the u.s. which used to be a part of russia. once it was a part of russian territory there are still reminders to this day children wearing russian national costumes people having russian names and many orthodox churches are standing here but more than one hundred forty years ago it became the u.s. territory though some americans still don't know about. just over the last of them

i have no idea about that stuff like nothing i don't know anything about alaska it's cold. it was cold a box of ice a polar bear garden and war russia but in the language of the indigenous peoples the word alaska means the great land. sven haakanson is steering his boat out of the narrow bay of kodiak island his ancestors have lived here since time immemorial. over the thousands of years they to solve this seascape each time they put out to sea to hunt. but they use their canoes with a couple of paddles instead of comfortable motor boats with powerful engines in the past yes it was very very difficult to hunt as an individual you need to hunt as

a group in order to. in order to actually capture for example you look at the sea lions over here in order for you to hunt one of those you need several people. on a summer day and seventeen forty one scores of elliot's the natives of the land set out on a hunting expedition into news they spotted odd looking ships on the horizon. those big sailboats milonga to an expedition led by a russian explorers bearing and cherokee. that was how kodiak island made its appearance on russian maps the first colonists were. guided by those maps with landed on the island more than forty years later seventeen eighty four the city of kodiak was the capital of russian america for fifteen years. could be x. streets to serve as a reminder of that time. many of them still bear the names of russian travelers and

emergence. there is still the street name a shell a cult who all found good with this why not tell us where we first russian permanent settlement in alaska and then there's still a call son in law. and that can nikolai was. who i was representing the government of russia and also the russian american company. the russian american company was founded in seventy nine. primarily with the hunting and the selling of sea otters which dwelt in a large colonies on the alaskan coast. this building was used as a warehouse from here the fur went to russia and to china this sea otter pelt has the sickest fur of any animal the most furs per square inch this is the animal itself. this animal was what caused the fur gold

rush to alaska by russian. russian traveler he first came to alaska thousand and nine organize an expedition to retrace the steps of his fellow countrymen. the ghost and was the first ever european to reach alaska's. unexplored land and establish contact with the aboriginal people. looking p. . well welcome to milan normally just as their ancestors welcomes agustin two hundred fifty years ago their homes may have changed a lot but their attitude to russians remains the same. question over clearly we welcome them like i mean exist in the places that it once served as bases as a ghost can expect decision. tell them we were russians many of the local people

said they had russian ancestors. when the russians came to alaska the lives of the indigenous people changed. many of them began to work for the russian american company jobs involved hunting for sea otters fishing and taking part in the building of new settlements russian priests and monks visited alaska and baptized of the locals in the orthodox faith russian men married local girls. what the crop of russian men had local women and their children were called creole they were some creoles who were well educated they held top posts in the russian capital bullshit as well as in the colonial administration in alaska i would guess he's going to. surrender how concern the lives a life entirely different from his ancestors to him putting out to sea is more like

fun than work. sven is proud of his traditional bathhouse he sees it as a symbol of successive generations and imbedded russian traditions. when the russians came. the thing that is similar are the rocks and the he in the steam in the last inside of anya and that's something that we've been doing for centuries and that's a tradition where the now we have a wooden house which is a russian vanya we just adapted to it i mean i grew up taking one yes or bath. sven sees telling the history of. people as a mission he cheery it's a museum which is one of the principal tourist attractions of kodiak island when futurists visited during low season local people come here to when the russians actually took over our claimed alaska for russia speedy don't simulate one of sense friends together with his family is listening to his story although

his name is of russian origin he doesn't know a single word of the language spoken on the other side of the bering strait nor does he know much about where his last name comes from earth and my mom told me. her or her taken after her grandpa you're on your honor and they couldn't say our last may and we were russian. screw don't simulate often doesn't need to speak russian services in the orthodox church in kodiak city are held in english. her. father in a county was born in new england it's a place that is far away from here he has no russian roots nevertheless he decided

to serve as an orthodox priest in alaska but it was a long story. it's a story of growing up in a christian church a protestant church but always wanting a c.e.o. for face or for experience itself and finding that an orthodoxy as a young man and eventually answering a call into the priesthoods. the church we're from here in can she serves stands we're the first church in the new world used to being alaska is still predominantly orthodox u.s. state. russians and and the priest said then came didn't force us to not speak our language they didn't force us to not follow our traditional ways of living we did you know stop practicing our all the religious practices but pretty much everything else stayed the same hunting language but then in doing the american period. when

the americans came they wanted to civilize us. american archaeologist david mcmahon is exploring the remains of russian legacy on alaska. these are lead seals they would have been used by employees of the russian american company to put around bales of. this is one of the most important finds of his career some of the objects were found at the site of the first russian settlements others on the ocean floor so these are this is from ships trains this together with russian colleagues. david mcmahon raise the many remains of the russian ship kodiak from the depths of the ocean. the ship belonging to the russian american company sank near the shores of kodiak island in eight hundred sixty i strayed was very lucrative because the gold miners in california needed for their

drinks so even if. they would still make a good profit the ship was leaving kodiak and it hit a rock everyone got off the ship but because of the ice on board the ship stayed afloat for several days before henri sank. the archaeologist dived twenty five meters deep to explore the remains of the ship the kodiak was one of a dozen ships keeping the lines of communication with russia open similar ships regularly sailed the length of the north pacific many saw the ship wreck as a symbol of the russian american company who was in dire straits. at the beginning of the eighteenth sixty's the company reached the edge of bankruptcy that caused a debate on whether alaska could be sold the vast territory was inhabited by eight hundred colonists and the very most this number was well below what russia needed to control and defend it. it is the fact that those factors led to serious

discussion about a potential sale they were held in an atmosphere of secrecy only harmful officials knew about them by folk eligibility. america was not particularly keen on buying the faraway territory a russian envoy to washington eduardo steckel was told to do his best to convince the u.s. government that it would gain norma's benefits by acquiring alaska. steckel had the support of u.s. state secretary william seward who was in favor of a u.s. territorial expansion. finally an eight hundred sixty seven after lengthy negotiations alaska was sold to the united states for the price of seven point two million dollars. on october the eighteenth eight hundred sixty seven the russian flag was lowered in the former alaskan capitol of sitka. in its stead america's colors were raised.

today happy alaska day is one of the major holidays of the forty ninth state. during a bright show of the residents of citgo reenact the procedure of handing over the flag from russians to americans. in eight hundred sixty seven the ceremony for placing the russian colony under u.s. control was much more modest. the american government was weary of accusations that they had wasted a lot of money headlines and splashed across the newspapers scoffed at the purchase describing it as nothing more than a box of ice. rumor even had is that of the seven point two million dollars paid some two hundred thousand was given to senators in the form of kickbacks. but opinion but opinion put it on their side deliberate steps were taken before both clearly hopes wane some senators towards

a hitch free ratification of the treaty. after alaska came under u.s. control the russian american company lost its influence and the russian settlers were offered a choice. either return to russia or live in the reservation. was shrouded in mystery. the official version. spent on the construction of railways. ship carrying the gold received from the sale of alaska and sunk in the pacific. for the. face to face with.

like many. other states in the lower forty eight. of the forty nine most. part of america. but. when they're here. i've actually had. jerry lived in the small settlement. here.

a few english words gary however doesn't speak russian. rather passed away a couple of decades ago and my grandmother modest has passed away soon after that just some distance from here my father is buried in and most of my relatives and one day i will be too. right after the peninsula was sold to the americans the village was built on the sea shore all of the employees of the russian american company who refused to move to russia had been banished here by the u.s. government one of the older buildings is right down below it doesn't have a window in it and in the old dovetail design with the dovetail corners there are several other buildings that are throughout here including sheds that were used for fishing the older ones were built as as old as the late one thousand nine hundred

six all the residents of chick are related to each other one way or another. this is irene she died in one nine hundred eighty five one of the most successful people born in india is laurent lehman who is a distant relative of gary a school called four years ago he was the lieutenant governor of alaska because he's only passing through today and has decided to stay with his uncle and aunt their ancestors were russians and they still use russian words in their everyday lexicon. for syria. which is married which were. a few hours later he will visit his father at a nursing home in the town of soldotna your interview to go by till i tell my father that everything. oh i love you too yes. lauren lehman doesn't see that russian heritage simply as

a distant episode in the history of his native state and remembers well when he was a child for more people spoke russian than english i talked about it with my brothers about the russian heritage and we often joked about it and when we get within about ten miles of the bilchik we're doing what we call speaking then we start talking like my father telling some of the stories it is still a very. birth of my heritage. born of rise that sold around lunchtime he visits his father at the local nursing home he says a few phrases in russian if i'm with you it's good to know i. was there qantas bracy. nick lehman can't remember names and faces clearly last year he had a stroke. but when you're the one. you're here with us well you know. that's my son nick lehman's condition sometimes makes him imagine

he's not so good news nursing home but in the old settlement of the real chick where everyone has a boat where christmas is celebrated in early january rather than in december and where people in nearly every home speak russian. but people use us so the talk for birds in a way i want to know there's probably going to be. a group of. lehman is one of the few people here who still remember the russian era of the land its former legacy is gradually being forgotten much in the same way as old people's memories fade away i'd like to teach my children about their heritage and we've shared it. especially with our oldest child our son and i think the best way we can do it was talked about it serves some of the stories maybe even some of the way in which i want them to understand our very rich

cultural heritage. is it makes me think of the. phrase and here is one of the most popular teachers and so don't know high school liguori used to teach english to russian children in the russian town of magadan which today he teaches russian in alaska none of the children in his class has a slavic name all of them are americans who've decided to learn the language that was once dominant in this part of the world. you won't during pre-op walk. so. this is a lie. this thing that's. been done here. i'm not. here. to gory it sees himself as a representative of the new wave of russian settlers of alaska who appears he makes himself at home the russian legacy is everywhere. because today there are at least

about seven hundred. names place names on the map of conspicuously russia for example. from reboot from still give by then the presence of the churches here so you know the words but let's put it like this here in alaska will live in the presence of the past. is another russian enclave in alaska it emerged here on hundred years after the sale of the peninsula. its four hundred inhabitants trying to stick to a lifestyle reminiscent of siberia rather than america. for people to use came here in one thousand six to eight years and this is the first house they have built here to be paid why they feel me whew hew not so young you know i would like to sit in the evil mind for some reason try to guess why there's no escape for you dressed to

kill. and even if it is famous in nicholai ask and she is known for causing a stir locals are not particularly fond of her because she is the only who is always ready to talk to journalists. the reason is that all believers live in the settlement and they always prefer a reclusive lifestyle. the founders of nikolai fled the soviet union to america to escape persecution on religious grounds in alaska the old believers who tried to distance themselves from civilization much like they would do in russia and initially it was a private no down to that but the signs had been removed and now people can visit us they can talk to us and meet. is no longer settlements today it is even something of a tourist attraction a cafe run by the feel of the most lucrative business in the settlement. this is

mission. big. for three decades it never occurred to the old believers that someday americans might be among their neighbors they tried to escape visiting other towns but now the american houses stay near the russian ones i keep hearing no matthew has five children he moved. seven years ago after buying one third of the local land his american dream is slowly becoming a reality land was. pretty good price the russians i'm sure the russians people that are here your socks. have a nice set of values. maintains friendly relations with matt but as the years ago by she becomes ever more apprehensive of the prospect of nikolayev losing its status as a russian enclave and turning into just another client settlements in alaska.

children in the settlement still where russian national dress but english is now their mother tongue. for growing up in a russian village but we go to english school that learn english not as much russian i think or the time our church is going to probably go more mary and i and faith i believe. grade which america. the new wave of settlers who moved to alaska during the last decades came from siberia twentieth century russian destinations changed in comparison with the eighteenth century the majority preferred alaska's largest city anchorage rather than kodiak island or the can i pick. out of the cities three hundred thousand strong population five thousand are migrants from russia. this funny group is

rehearsing in a garage situated in an. anchorages suburb. is the youngest of the band everybody calls him. his perfect english hides his true origin he was born in the siberian town of. children of the russians who came here in one nine hundred eighty nine or in the early one nine hundred ninety s. the girls are about twenty years old now just some of this russian generation has grown up in alaska where they speak very good english and understand spoken russian it is indeed a new generation of music when you might. one of the songs of the greenberg group says there's a place where everybody's going to it's the place to be actually an entirely different places mentioned the song but the new russian submarines have taken the him like lines close to the heart.

russians don't see themselves as masters of alaska they see themselves as guests. of the traveler is among them he and his friends are embarking on a second expedition to the peninsula. once again they will retrace the steps of early russian explorers. team will have to go through a strenuous course of training before the second expedition they intend to use the same gear that the early russian explorers had no motorboats only canoes. since we're repeating the historical roots of the alaskan discover a brain sees a goal that we want to know the actual truth and that's why we didn't have a choice of transport remains. venue haakanson head of the community of indigenous people living in kodiak island takes a dim view of the desire of europeans to make their lives more difficult. his

ancestors used to put out to sea. keeper for. as motorboats. thinks giving up the perks of civilization is a foolish thing to do. yet despite embrace of the modern era inwardly he still remains committed to the simple principles preached by his ancestors. we were here for thousands of years. but you know we didn't have this system of paper saying that we can claim this land because in our philosophy in our world you know. you can own the land owns you you know how can you say you own there when you're only here for a little bit and then you go it's a whole different philosophy of owning it versus living with it.

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