Maritime fur trade from Okhotsk and Kamchatka and its Siberian bases (1715–1825)

1. Okhotsk winter quarters establish a Pacific foothold

   Jan 1, 1647Labels: Okhotsk settlement, Semyon Shelkovnikov

   • Okhotsk

2. Kosoy Ostrozhok fort strengthens the Okhotsk outpost

   Jan 1, 1649Labels: Kosoy Ostrozhok, Okhotsk fort

   • Okhotsk

3. Yasak fur tribute system expands state revenues

   Jan 1, 1650Labels: Yasak system

   • Yasak
   • Siberian furs

4. Atlasov’s Kamchatka expedition opens new fur frontiers

   Jan 1, 1697Labels: Vladimir Atlasov, Kamchatka conquest

   • Encyclopedia Arctica
   • Atlasov

5. Shipbuilding to reach Kamchatka accelerates via Okhotsk

   Jan 1, 1713Labels: Shipbuilding in

   • Kamchatka Peninsula

6. Bering’s First Kamchatka Expedition uses Okhotsk corridor

   Jan 24, 1725Labels: Vitus Bering, First Kamchatka

   • 1st Kamchatka

7. Great Northern Expedition launches larger Pacific push

   Jan 1, 1733Labels: Great Northern

   • Britannica GNE
   • GNE overview

8. Petropavlovsk founded as Kamchatka’s main harbor base

   Oct 17, 1740Labels: Petropavlovsk, Avacha Bay

   • Petropavlovsk
   • NASA JPL

9. Bering and Chirikov reach Alaska and spark sea-otter demand

   Jul 1, 1741Labels: Bering and, Alaska landings

   • Britannica GNE
   • ARCTIC profile

10. Okhotsk–Kamchatka bases support growing maritime fur trade

    Jan 1, 1742Labels: Okhotsk Kamchatka

    • Gibson excerpt
    • Kamchatka Peninsula

11. Russian-American Company charter formalizes a Pacific fur empire

    Jan 1, 1799Labels: Russian-American Company, RAC charter

    • Britannica RAC
    • RAC overview

12. Russo-American Treaty limits expansion south of 54°40′

    Apr 17, 1824Labels: Russo-American Treaty

    • 1824 Treaty

13. Anglo-Russian Convention fixes borders and trade rules

    Feb 28, 1825Labels: Anglo-Russian Convention, Treaty of

    • 1825 Treaty
    • Britannica RAC