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Return to: Russian America - Eager Russian fur traders wasted no time after learning of the superb furs awaiting them in the newfound region.
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| Catherine II, Empress of Russia, was also known as Catherine the Great. She ascended to the throne in 1762. Alaska State Library, Alaska Purchase Centennial Collection. |
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