Petersburg and Kronstadt addresses of Russian America
St. Petersburg and its maritime outpost Kronstadt played a prominent role in the fate of Russian America. In Russian capital was located the Main Board of the Russian-American company which ruled Alaska from 1799 to 1867. In St. Petersburg and Kronstadt got a special education the marine and technical personnel, including natives from Alaska, who then served in Russian America. In turn, a number of architectural monuments of St. Petersburg and Kronstadt serve as a visible reminder of the history of this distant vast territory on the other side of the globe.