Land ownership or Russian «HAPPY ALASKA DAY» (2003)

The sea, the storm.

Globe, map.

USA, Alaska, mountains, sea, coast (removed from the passage, from the water).

Excerpts from the b/w film - a sailing ship, sailors on deck, a ship at sea, etc.

Panorama of the forest slopes, mountains in the snow.

The golden spire of the church with the Orthodox cross is in the frame.

The sculpture is a monument to Alexander Baranov, the first ruler of Alaska.

In the frame there is a cast-iron board with a cross on the ground (the inscription is "land of Russian ownership").

Slope, forest, fog, mountains.

The flag is a Russian tricolor with the coat of arms on the flagpole.

The inscription "be this way" and the Russian coat of arms on the document.

A man in a museum shows an ancient half-rotted Russian flag (the flag of the American campaign).

Says N. N. Bolkhovitinov, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, head of the Center for North American Studies.

The drawings show a Russian man with a beard, in a winter hat and with an axe on his shoulder, a man in a cap, a clergyman in a black robe.

Says Bolkhovitinov.

The coast of Alaska, the sea, the bay.

Seals on the shore and in the water.

Shoals of fish in clear water.

Birds on the shore.

Panorama of the shore, in the frame of the wave.

Fish in the water near the shore.

Walruses in the water and on the shore.

Seals on the shore.

Underwater photography - seals swim underwater.

There are otters in the frame.

A waterfall, a fish jumps out of the water, a bear catches it.

An eagle flies over the water.

Bald eagles on the shore by the water, fishing.

B/w shooting - a sailing schooner at sea, a flock of birds in the sky.

Seals are running, people are pushing them with sticks.

The hand hits the table with a fist.

Portrait of Grigory Ivanovich Shelekhov.

A hand clenched into a fist.

Winter, a carriage with horses is coming.

Statues of the Dioscuri at the Manege in St.

Petersburg.

The Admiralty spire.

The Admiralty building.

The sculptural coat of arms of Russia on the building.

A carriage with liveried coachmen is driving along a deserted street in St.

Petersburg.

Winter Palace, window.

Portrait of Empress Catherine II. In the frame there are gold medals with the profile of Catherine II. Winter, panorama of the Neva embankment, in the frame of the Winter Palace.

Winter, evening, a carriage drawn by two horses is driving along the road.

View of a snow-covered field, trees.

Shelekhov's letter to Baranov is in the frame.

Layouts.

The wooden sculpture is an idol.

Layouts of buildings and cities.

Wooden sculptures-idols (totem poles in Alaska).

Figures of American Indians from Alaska.

Panorama of the forest, trees, totem pole.

Rocky shore, mountains are visible in the distance.

Portrait of Shelekhov.

Portrait of Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov, a Russian diplomat, traveler and entrepreneur.

Portrait of Empress Catherine II in a kokoshnik.

Portrait of Emperor Paul I. An old handwritten book.

Panorama of the document signed by Paul I. Portrait of Emperor Paul I. Gold medal with the profile of Paul I. Portrait of Alexander Baranov.

Views of the coast of Alaska (removed from traffic, from the water).

Monument-sculpture of Baranov in Sitka, Alaska.

Says Z. B. Afrosina-Masainova, Baranov's great-great-great-granddaughter.

Monument to Baranov in Alaska.

Says Bolkhovitinov.

Afrosina-Masainova speaks.

The map shows villages founded by Russians in Alaska.

Mountains in Alaska, view from the shore.

Forest, clearing, totem poles in the frame.

Footage from a b/w movie, wooden sculptures, forest, etc.

The picture shows the nephew of the Sitka Tlingit Kotlean with his family.

The picture shows one of the Tlingit warlords.

A panorama of a forest, a clearing, a white fence and an Orthodox cross in the frame.

Footage from a b/w movie.

The white cross.

A representative of the indigenous people of Alaska sings.

The b/w photos show representatives of the indigenous peoples of Alaska.

A color drawing shows Russian colonists in Alaska repelling an Indian attack.

Says Bolkhovitinov.

An old drawing.

A fragment of a painting - a hand holding a pen, signing a document.

There are photocopies of old documents and letters on the table.

Afrosina-Masainova speaks.

An Orthodox cross, a church, a candle stand in the temple, an icon of the Mother of God with a baby.

Candles are burning.

Icons in the salary, candles.

Portrait of Baranov.

Forest, trees, totem poles in the frame.

The picture shows Indian women in Alaska (with a protruding lower lip).

Portrait of Baranov's assistant and colleague Ivan Kuskov.

Portrait of Kuskov's wife, a native of Alaska.

B/w drawing - shows children from mixed marriages with Indians.

Various drawings depicting Indians and Creoles.

Portrait of Baranov.

Domes of the Russian Orthodox church.

Hedge, haystacks in the snow.

Winter, frosty day, village houses, domes of the temple in the frame.

Winter northern landscape, snow-covered field, village houses, church.

Snow, a panorama of the field, huts, smoke billowing from the chimneys.

Snowy winter landscape.

It's snowing, the river is flowing.

Baranov's letter is in the frame.

A village hut.

The sky, the dark clouds, the sun.

Monument to Baranov in Alaska.

Forest, fallen trees (removed from traffic).

A squirrel on a branch.

A bald eagle takes off.

The drawing is a sailing frigate.

Portrait of Lisyansky, a Russian navigator.

A stone on the shore, on it a wooden building (tower).

Drawing - Russians are exploring Alaska, building a fortress city.

Drawings - a Russian fortress in Alaska, shipping, views of the coast of Alaska, a built city.

Says Bolkhovitinov.

The drawing is a Russian settlement city in Alaska, images of postage stamps with the image of Shelekhov, Baranov and Kuskov appear.

Alaska, shores, rocky islets, birds are sitting.

Fog, panorama of the coast of Alaska.

Portrait of Ivan Kuskov.

The picture shows the Russian fortress Fort Ross in California.

In the frame of S. S. Glunina is an enamel artist.

Portrait of Kuskov by Glunina.

Says Glunina.

On the table are miniature portraits of Kuskov and Baranov by Glunina.

The drawings show Fort Ross.

Portrait of Count N. P. Rezanov.

A map of America.

Wooden Orthodox cross in stones.

Large - the globe is spinning.

Says Bolkhovitinov.

A candlestick with a candle stub.

Says Bolkhovitinov.

Portrait of Prince Konstantin Nikolaevich Romanov.

Fog, panorama of the coast of Alaska.

The coast of Alaska.

Portrait of Emperor Alexander II. The painting "Sale of Alaska".

B/w photo - Alaska, residents with U.S. flags.

The holiday in the city of Sitka in Alaska is a historical reconstruction of the procedure for the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States.

People in vintage costumes, watching the action.

The Russian flag is lowered and the flag of the United States is raised under the US Anthem.

Helicopters are in the air.

The US flag is flying.

In the frame, Alaskans celebrate, celebrate a landmark date for them.

Different shots from the celebration of Alaska Day.

Alaska, passage over the bridge, along the coast, mountains in the frame, a small town.

Panorama of the city, highway, mountains.

The streets of the small town of Sitka in Alaska.

In the frame, the locals of Alaska, whites, Creoles, mestizos.

A two-storey house with an American flag on the facade.

In the frame, American Dave with his wife and friends.

Dave's daughter.

Dave's wife's mother does needlework.

The wife's father is showing some kind of Indian ritual.

There is an Indian tambourine in the frame.

The wife's mother is humming a song.

Olga, a Russian student from Kamchatka, is visiting the family (in practice in Sitka).

Olga is talking to family members.

This is Dave speaking.

There is a map in the frame, a video with a stormy sea is superimposed.

Panorama of the forest, slope, mountains.

Portrait of Captain L. A. Gagemeister.

Photo of Prince D. P. Maksutov.

Views of Alaska, the spire of the Orthodox Church in the frame.

The coast of Alaska, islands, has been removed from traffic (from the water).

Panorama of the rocky shore, in the frame of the city of Sitka.

Driving through the streets of the city, in the frame of the church.

In the frame is a sign of a Russian-American store, a store building.

The pointer is "ETOLIN ST".

Street signs.

City streets, houses, in the frame a granite tombstone with an inscription in Russian.

A plaque from the grave of "Princess Aglaida Ivanovina Maksoutoff".

Granite tombstone (written in Russian).

In the frame there is a white fence on the grave.

Sitka Street, a sign on the building "Russiam American Company", next to the coat of arms of Russia.

Monument to Baranov in Sitka.

Someone's shooting - waves, stormy sea.

Alaska on the map.

Winter, snow, Arkhangelsk region, Kargopol, Baranov embankment, monument to Baranov in the frame.

Panorama of the monument.

This is O. B. Prigodina, the chief curator of the Kargopol Museum.

There are portraits of Kuskov and his wife on the wall.

Winter, the city of Totma, in the frame of the Trinity Church, a panorama of wooden houses.

In the frame is a wooden one-storey house.

The Spaso-Sumor Monastery, the cross on Kuskov's grave.

A bust of Kuskov.

Winter landscape.

Portrait of Shelekhov.

Irkutsk, embankment, Cathedral of the Epiphany in the frame.

The Znamensky Convent in Irkutsk.

Monument to Shelekhov (stele).

Large - ice drift, melting snow in the water, pieces of ice.

Spring, ice drift on the river.

Monument to N. P. Rezanov.

Rub Rezanov's beloved Conchita.

Paraskeva Friday Chapel in Krasnoyarsk.

Panorama of a large spruce tree, in the frame a memorial plaque in memory of the Russian pioneers in Sitka, Alaska.

The museum staff unfurls the ancient Russian flag, then carefully folds it back.