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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 a group in order to. nor to actually capture for example you look at the sea lines

over here in order for you to hunt one of those in the several people. on a summer day and seven hundred forty one scores of elliot's the natives of the land set out on a hunting expedition in canaries they spotted odd looking ships on the horizon. those big sailboats milonga to an expedition led by russian explorers daring and sure. that was how kodiak island made its appearance on russian maps the first colonists were. guided by those maps when he landed on the island more than forty years later seventy four the city of kodiak was the capital of russian america for fifteen years. could streets serve as a reminder of that time. many of them still bear the names of russian travelers and merchants. there is still the street name a shell

a cult who all founded with this one i cannot tell you here we first russian permanent settlement in alaska and then there's. son in law were sawn off named after nikolai reside who are was representing the government of russia and also the russian american company. the russian american company was founded in seventy. primarily with the hunting and the selling of sea others which dwelt in large toni's on the alaskan coast. this building was used as a warehouse from here the for went to russia and to china this sea otter pill has the think asst for any animal the most birds per square inch and this is the animal itself the sea otter this animal was what caused the fur gold rush

to alaska i rush. russian traveler. first came to alaska two thousand and nine he organized an expedition to retrace the steps of his fellow countryman. was the first ever european to reach alaska's hinterland he mapped this unexplored land and establish contact with the aboriginal people. looking for. well welcome to the lot of 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 who were clearly will welcome them back again is east in the places that it once served as places of as a ghost can expect to. tell them we were russians and many of the local people said

they had russian ancestors. when the russians came to alaska the lies 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 three orthodox faith russian men married local girls. yes no russian men had local women and their children were called creole. creoles were well educated they held top posts in the russian capital to ship as well as in the colonial administration. he's going to. surrender how concerned 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 he was steaming a washington insider vanya and that's something that we've been doing for centuries and that's a tradition where though now we have a wooden house which is a russian vanya which just adapted to it i mean i grew up taking one yes for bass. svend 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 spirit don't simulate of one of sens 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. for they were taken after their hunting in their company. and they say are a lot. of russian. screw joan simeonoff doesn't need to speak russian services in the orthodox church in kodiak city are held in english. her. father in a canter he was born in new england a place that is far away from here has no russian roots nevertheless he decided to serve as an orthodox priest and alaska but it was

a long story. it's a story of of growing up in a christian church protestant church but always knowing the seeking out for face a for experience of the fall and finding that in the sea as a young man and eventually answering the call into the priesthoods. the church where father in the county sears stands where the first church in the new world used to be 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 and we did you know start 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. and poison the russian american company around bales of her and 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. a ship sprains this together with russian colleagues. david mcmahon raised a 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 ice for their drinks so even if. they would still make

a good profit the ship was leaving 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 i sank. the archaeologist dives 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 solve the ship wreck as a symbol of the russian american company who was in dire straits. at the beginning of the eight hundred 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. if those factors lead to a serious discussion about

a potential sale they were held in an atmosphere of secrecy only harmful officials knew about them by feel really good. 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 in 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 of the russian flight was lowered in the former alaskan capital 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 the bright show the residents of sitka reenact the procedure of handing over the flag from russians to americans. in eight hundred sixty seven at 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 vice. 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 of well no perhaps when 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 returned to russia or live in the reservation like settlement of ninilchik. what became of the money earned in the alaska deal was shrouded in mystery. the official version claimed that the whole payment reached russia and was spent on the construction of railways. rumors persisted however the ship carrying the gold received for the sale of alaska had sunk in the pacific. closers the same i know this is a huge mistake. for libya is the so-called humanitarian intervention there so noble and street. hungry for the. we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers

. as. derrius was born and raised in alaska like many alaskans he refers to other states as the lower forty eight gary is sure that americans have a poor impression of the forty nine most people in the lower forty eight don't know that alaska is part of america some believe it's still tied to russia but many believe that it's own country and they wonder what kind of money they're going to have to use when they're here or what language we speak and those kind of things i think i've actually had people compliment me on you sound just like in america. gary a school called has lived in the small settlement check on the peninsula since birth

there are more than twenty school cos here his grandfather knew only a few english words gary however doesn't speak russian my grandfather passed away a couple of decades ago and my grandmother modest zoya passed away soon after that just some distance from here my father is buried and and most of my relatives and one day i will be to. right after the peninsula was sold to the americans the village was built on the sea shore of the employees of the russian american company who refused to move to russia had been banished here by the us government one of the older buildings is right down below it doesn't have a window in it and built in the old log dovetail design with the dovetail corners there are several other buildings that are better throughout here including sheds that were used for fishing the older ones were built as old as the late eighteenth hundreds all the residents of new 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. was married were given to a few hours later he will visit his father at a nursing home in viscount of sold. your interview to i told him i tell my father that everything. oh you do that if it. doesn't see that russian heritage simply as a distant episode in the history of his native state he remembers well that when he

was a child far more people spoke russian than english. with my brothers of russian heritage and we often joke about it when we get within about ten miles. we're doing what we call speaking to we start talking like my father telling some of the stories it is still a very. heard of way heritage. morning of rise it 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 going to go i. was there qantas prosy . nick lehman can't remember names and faces clearly last year he had a stroke. while. you're here yes but even. though it's my son nick lehman's condition sometimes makes him imagine he's not it's old old 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. i don't know where you so so don't forget as a writer what do you know of this problem before you very much for writing a group of. nick lean in 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 is part about it sure some of the stories maybe some of the language i want them to understand are very rich cultural heritage is it makes me think and i. read what he writes and where he's one of the

most popular teachers and so don't know high school. he used to teach english to russian children in the russian town of money. 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 prion while your. fellow. fair bit there are you on this thing that. i'm not. looking. here. sees himself as a representative of the new wave of russian settlers of alaska who fears he makes himself at home the russian legacy is everywhere. became too deep there are at

least about seven hundred. names place names on the map of conspicuously russian for example. from reboot from cell device then the presence of the churches here so you know the words. let's put it like this here in alaska will live in the presence of the past. is another russian on klav 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 didn't you get thirty people first came here in one thousand sixty eight year this is the first house they have built here we take why they feel me hugh you're not young enough how do you choose an oval mind for some reason try to guess why there's no escape for you dressed to kill. and even if

a feel of it is famous in nicholai of sc and she is known for causing a stir the locals are not particularly fond of her because she is the only settler 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 a fled the soviet union to america to escape persecution on religious grounds in alaska the old believers are trying to distance themselves from civilization much like they would do in russia. initially it was a private no doubt about that but the signs had been removed and now people can visit us here they can talk to us and meet. is no longer a close settlement today it is even something of a tourist attraction the cafe run by the feel of it is the most lucrative business in the settlement. this is my actions. big vaguely folk.

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 could leave 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 aren't sure russians people that are here docs they have a nice set of values. friendly relations with matt but as the years ago by she becomes ever more apprehensive of the prospect of nicholai of losing its status as a russian enclave and turning into just another quiet settlement 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 we go to english school that learn english not as much russian i think or the time. probably go more americanized faith i. grade which american. 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 put in out of the city's three hundred thousand strong population five thousand are migrants from russia.

this fun group is rehearsing in a garage situated in an ad. 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 and 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 the music. one of the songs of the printer group says there's a place where everybody is going to it's the place to be actually in entirely different places meant in the song but the new russian suburbs have taken to 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 yet his friends are in barking on a second expedition to the peninsula. once again they will retrace the steps of early russian explorers. teams 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 brainteaser that we want to know the actual truth and that's why we didn't have a choice of transport means. savan haakanson head of the community of indigenous people living in kodiak island takes a dim view of the desire of europeans to make their minds 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 embracing 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 view. you can't own land 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 got it's a whole different philosophy of owning it versus living with it.