Help! Any info on....

[TWOMOONS]

I've tried to do my homework by researching but I am really coming up short ...hardly any luck at all. This is after 2/3 days of it.
Anyway, does anyone out there have any references (pictorial) for Russian members of the Russia America Company in Sitka, Alaska, c.1804??? The Battle of Sitka actually.
The native references are much more represented, but not the Russian members in the company.
Any help out there?

 

[garyjd]

Phil, Besides the few articles in Campaigns Magazine years ago I'm not sure what else is out there. ~Gary

 

[gordy]

"The Kiks.ádi battle plan was a simple one: they would gauge the Russians' strength and intentions at Noow Tlein, then strategically retreat to the perceived safety of the new fort. Baranov returned to Sitka Sound in late September, 1804 aboard the sloop-of-war Neva under the command of Lieutenant Commander Yuri Feodorovich Lisyansky."
Naval Portrait
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Feodorovich_Lisyansky

 

[TWOMOONS]

Phil, Besides the few articles in Campaigns Magazine years ago I'm not sure what else is out there. ~Gary

Thanks for the response Gary....
Yes, the Campaigns thing was cool, but I'm looking not to duplicate those references,,,,so I'm trying to take at least a different "uniform" approach. Something a wee bit, anyway. Zero out there....really sparse.
I figure whoever wrote that article had to find that info somewhere...but I'll be damned if I know where it was. Do you have that issue handy, Gary?
I was thinking of a hand to hand combat thing between a Russian and a Tlingit warrior...

 

[TWOMOONS]

"The Kiks.ádi battle plan was a simple one: they would gauge the Russians' strength and intentions at Noow Tlein, then strategically retreat to the perceived safety of the new fort. Baranov returned to Sitka Sound in late September, 1804 aboard the sloop-of-war Neva under the command of Lieutenant Commander Yuri Feodorovich Lisyansky."
Naval Portrait
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Feodorovich_Lisyansky

Thanks Gordy, we can always depend on you for some kind of help.
I actually was on that page, and tried to follow up with the additional highlighted references by going there....there's plenty of prose on the battle of Sitka, but not a lot of illustrations; not on what the Russians wore anyway.
I'll have to keep plugging away.

 

[garyjd]

Thanks for the response Gary....
Yes, the Campaigns thing was cool, but I'm looking not to duplicate those references,,,,so I'm trying to take at least a different "uniform" approach. Something a wee bit, anyway. Zero out there....really sparse.
I figure whoever wrote that article had to find that info somewhere...but I'll be damned if I know where it was. Do you have that issue handy, Gary?
I was thinking of a hand to hand combat thing between a Russian and a Tlingit warrior...

Phil,

I've corresponded with David Rickman (illustrator/author of said articles) over the years. Let me look for his contact info and I can put you in touch with him. David is a pretty thourough researcher so I'm sure he could expand on what the articles contain. ~Gary

 

[gordy]

Thanks Gordy, we can always depend on you for some kind of help.
I actually was on that page, and tried to follow up with the additional highlighted references by going there....there's plenty of prose on the battle of Sitka, but not a lot of illustrations; not on what the Russians wore anyway.
I'll have to keep plugging away.

Such an esoteric subject!

Phil you're welcome, let us know what you come up with for the benefit of others

 

[garyjd]

Phil,

Check this out. There is also contact info for David. It should be current. Let me know how you make out. ~Gary

http://www.fortrossstatepark.org/rickman.htm

 

[TWOMOONS]

Phil,

Check out this info. There is also contact info for David. It should be current. Let me know how you make out. ~Gary

http://www.fortrossstatepark.org/rickman.htm

Gary,
Most excellent help...gracias, amigo! Not only a source for the Russian stuff, but some great inspiration for some other figures...way to go.

 

[TWOMOONS]

Such an esoteric subject!

Phil you're welcome, let us know what you come up with for the benefit of others

Gordy,
Well I didn't come up with it, but what Gary did as a source, is great!
Just go to his provided link-- and ideas and projects come flowing in...can't get better than that!