Natalia Shelikhova : Russian oligarch of Alaska commerce / Dawn Lea Black and Alexander Yu. Petrov ; edited by Marvin Falk.

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Black, Dawn Lea

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Russian Series: Rasmuson Library historical translation series (2008) ; v. 15.Publication details: Fairbanks : University of Alaska Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xlix, 237 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781602230668
1602230668

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Natalia Shelikhova.DDC classification:

979.8/01092 22

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F907.S55 B55 2010eb

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Husband and wife -- A global business -- Help from Demidov -- Difficulties and death -- Natalia takes control -- Last struggles -- Appendices: Vital records; Shelikhov family tree; Birth and death dates of the Shelikhovs' children; Family heirs : detailed narrative; Comparative table on the changing number of shares of the Shelikhov clan; General table of shares of the Shelikhov clan; List of names; G.I. Shelikhov's houses in Irkutsk.

Summary: This volume makes available for the first time in English a variety of primary source materials relating to the life and work of Natalia Shelikov, a pioneering nineteenth-century Russian-American businesswoman. As a principal of the Russian-American Company, Shelikov worked in Alaska, and her business acumen and wide-ranging connections-including the empress of Russia and a swathe of northern leaders-were crucial to the growth of Alaska's economy, as well as to the welfare of the Native people, in whose life and culture she took a strong interest. The letters, petitions, and personal documents.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-229) and index.

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This volume makes available for the first time in English a variety of primary source materials relating to the life and work of Natalia Shelikov, a pioneering nineteenth-century Russian-American businesswoman. As a principal of the Russian-American Company, Shelikov worked in Alaska, and her business acumen and wide-ranging connections-including the empress of Russia and a swathe of northern leaders-were crucial to the growth of Alaska's economy, as well as to the welfare of the Native people, in whose life and culture she took a strong interest. The letters, petitions, and personal documents.

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