Sitka |
The city of Sitka located on island Baranof, in an environment of mountains and Pacific ocean, there, where Internal passage of Alaska leaves in external waters, the city of Sitka represents a unique combination of national culture, Russian history and the protogenic wild nature of Alaska.
Visit National historical park of Sitka where handicraftsmen create the surprising products of manual work. Or go to the Rehabilitation centre of Alaska for predators where you can see legendary white-headed eagles and other birds of prey before they will be set free after treatment.
In the city of Sitka Sacred Michael's constructed cathedral (an exact copy of an orthodox Russian cathedral of XIX century which has burnt down completely in 1966), Sheldona Jackson's museum (the first class collection of products of national-applied crafts) and National historical park (43 hectares). Many neighbouring islands and cities carry till now Russian names, and the 70-kilometre network of the pedestrian and horse tracks surrounding all city covers set of interesting natural and historical places.
Russian have come for the first time to Sitka in 1795. After establishment of the Russian-American company, in 1799, in territory of clan Киксади Arhistratiga Michael's fortress and destroyed Тлинкитами in 1802 has been based.
The Russian dissatisfied with presence supported by other clans and the weapon, sold by the Boston merchants, Киксади have broken the contract and have destroyed Russian fortress in 1802. Two hundred years ago, people Киксади struggled to protect the native land against presence of Russian which wished to expand the profitable trade аляскинским with fur.
Only in 1804 Alexander Baranov could return again to restore Russian settlement on this coast.
The national Historical Park of Sitka has been founded including to protect territory of battle 1804 - one of last conflicts between Тлинкитами and Russian which was turning point in edge history.
After battle of 1804 Киксади have been superseded from a position taken by them and, on a village place тлинкитов, Alexander Baranov has based a city Is new-arhangelsk. The city of Sitka quickly became capital of Russian America and later, after sale of Alaska by the USA, renamed as Sitka - the first capital of Territory of Alaska, the USA.
In present period dissonance and intensity increase all over the world, people Киксади have taken steps to the resolution of conflict, 200 years which have existed more to resolve the difficult relations full of a grief and animosities, between Russian and Тлинкитами, mentioned some generations Киксади.
