it’s not like today, not even to fly to the moon to mars, and therefore grigory shelekhov, who foundedan settlements here. this is our elon musk of the 18th century. from a letter from shelekhov to baranov , it is incomparably better to start a permanent russian dwelling on hardened land, and by the way, for political reasons known to you, they should have tried to occupy hardened land rather than islands. the first russian settlement on hardened land, that is , directly on the mainland, was located next to this foggy mouth of the river, the settlement, of course, did not survive. it is now a historical reserve. this place is called old harbor in a narrow river. behind us the first settlers were growing hay for livestock animals had some meat and milk. it was supposed only to people privileged children. these russians were remarkably hardy people. they had to get used to this very strange unfamiliar place. they go here often. rains, on the one hand it’s not very cold, but on the other hand, you always have to be prepared for sudden severe frosts and the russian colonists brought finnis