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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458245703321

Titolo

Natalia Shelikhova [[electronic resource] ] : Russian oligarch of Alaska commerce / / edited and translated by Dawn Lea Black and Alexander Yu. Petrov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, c2010

ISBN

1-60223-066-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Rasmuson Library historical translation series ; ; v. 15

Altri autori (Persone)

BlackDawn Lea

FalkMarvin W. <1943->

PetrovA. I͡U (Aleksandr I͡Urʹevich)

Disciplina

979.8

979.8/01092

979.801092

Soggetti

Businesswomen - Alaska

Russians - Alaska

Electronic books.

Alaska Commerce History 18th century Sources

Alaska Commerce History 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from Russian.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; About the Authors; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Husband and Wife; 2. A Global Business; 3. Help from Demidov; 4. Difficulties and Death; 5. Natalia Takes Control; 6. Last Struggles; Appendices; Vital Records; Shelikhov Family Tree; Birth and Death Dates of the Shelikhovs' Children; Family Heirs: Detailed Narrative; Table 1. Comparison of the changing number of shares of the Shelikhov clan; Table 2. Shares of the Shelikhov clan; List of Names; G. I. Shelikhov's Houses in Irkutsk; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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