Fort Ross Russian Settlement Photos

Fort Ross State Historical Park recreates the Russian fur hunting settlement of 1812 & was the furthest southern & eastern extent of Russian territory. Russia's American empire ceased with the U.S. purchase of Alaska.

See also: San Francisco & Bay Area
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Fort Ross Russian Orthodox Church reconstruction of 1825 original with hexagonal tower. CA

Fort Ross, reconstruction of buildings & stockades of the Russian empire's southernmost fur trading settlement in America, north of San Francisco. CA. On National Register.

Beach below Fort Ross. CA

Beach at Bodega Bay. CA. On National Register.


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