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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Createspace Independent Pub
Publication date
July 30, 2014
Pages
28
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Tch
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781500682262
ISBN-10
1500682268
Dimensions
0.07 by 8.50 by 11 in.
Original list price
$14.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Sitka National Historical Park preserves the history and culture of the Tlingits who first settled in the Sitka area and the Russians who arrived in 1799 to colonize Alaska. From 1804-1867, Sitka was known as Novo-Arkhangelsâk or New Archangel, the capital of Russian America. When the Russians arrived, they brought with them their religion, language, and culture to share with the Tlingit and other Europeans who colonized Alaska with the Russian American Company. They also brought along various business tools, like the Russian abacus, or sâchyoty. The Russian American Company kept extensive business records using the sâchyoty, or Russian abacus. The sâchyoty is used even to this day in some parts of Russia to determine sales totals. In the 1840âs, the first Bishop of the Alaska Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, Bishop Innocent, established a residence and seminary in Sitka. He also created an elementary school in the 1843 Russian Bishopâs House, a building built by the Russian American Company to hold the seminary, a chapel, and the Bishopâs personal quarters. The historical Russian Bishopâs House was restored to its 1853 appearance by the National Park Service and is cared for by Sitka National Historical Park today. This special building is one of only three or four Russian American buildings left in all of North America, it is over 70% original, and it is the only one restored to its original historical period with original furnishings inside. It also contains the oldest Russian Orthodox church (a small chapel) in Alaska. As Native Alaskans were converted to the Russian Orthodox Church, they became citizens of Russia and entitled to an education. Russian American Company officials wanted to ensure that local people would be able to function in the company as clerks, managers, accountants, etc. Curriculum in the mission schools included religious studies, arithmetic, history, languages, geography, penmanship, etc. Because of the regular use of the sâchyoty, therefore, students attending classes at the Russian Bishopâs House would have used it for lessons in arithmetic. This arithmetic would also have been handy for the more practical skills of carpentry and blacksmithing also taught in the school.
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Tch edition from Createspace Independent Pub (July 30, 2014)
9781500682262 | details & prices | 28 pages | 8.50 × 11.00 × 0.07 in. | List price $14.95
About: Sitka National Historical Park preserves the history and culture of the Tlingits who first settled in the Sitka area and the Russians who arrived in 1799 to colonize Alaska.
About: Sitka National Historical Park preserves the history and culture of the Tlingits who first settled in the Sitka area and the Russians who arrived in 1799 to colonize Alaska.
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