What the records say
- When
- Oct 1804
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 57.05° N, 135.33° W
- Description
- 1804 battle that Russia faces the Alaskan natives
Battle of Sitka
Battle in the Russian colonization of Alaska
The Battle of Sitka in 1804 was the last major armed conflict between the Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before. The primary combatant groups were the Kiks.ádi clan of Sheetʼká Xʼáatʼi of the Tlingit nation and agents of the Russian-American Company assisted by the Imperial Russian Navy.
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