Alaska city relocates Russian colonist statue to museum

Alaska city relocates Russian colonist statue to museum

Seattle Times

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An Alaska city will relocate a statue of a Russian colonist accused of enslaving Alaska Natives while the area was under Russian control two centuries ago. Assembly members in Sitka on Tuesday night approved moving the statue of Alexander Baranov, an early 19th century governor of Russian Alaska, to inside the Sitka Historical Society Museum. […]

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