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Fort Ross
is a former Russian establishment on the
west coast of North America
in present-day
Sonoma County, California
. It was established in 1812 by the
Russian-American Company
to act as an agricultural base from which the
Russian settlements in North America
could be supplied with food and trade with Spanish
Alta California
. By 1841, the settlement was no longer needed for that purpose and was sold. The fort became a
National Historic Landmark
on November 5, 1961, and is part of California's
Fort Ross State Historic Park
. This photograph shows the
Russian Orthodox
Holy Trinity St. Nicholas Chapel at Fort Ross, which was rebuilt in 1973 after a fire.
Photograph credit:
Frank Schulenburg
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