Answers to media questions about the monument to Alexander Baranov in Alaska

... During the Baranov’s rule, more than nine thousand locals adopted Orthodoxy. And now the Tlingits, who make up a third of the local population, are Orthodox. Shipyards and agricultural colonies were organized. Brick and iron plants were operating. Russian Alaska was even manufacturing first modular wooden houses for San Francisco. Under Baranov, sanatoriums and nursing homes were already in place. It is regrettable that history keeps on being politicized. Question: Did the attempt to remove the monument ...