What is Russian America?
{{Distinguish|Russian Americans}} {{Infobox Former subdivision|native_name=Русская Америка<br>''Russkaya Amerika''|flag_type=Flag|event_end=[[Alaska Purchase]]|date_start=8 July|image_map=1860-russian-america.jpg|conventional_long_name=Russian America|p1=Alaska Natives{{!}}{{nobr|Alaska Natives}}|flag_p1=|s1=Department of Alaska{{!}}{{nobr|Department of Alaska}}|flag_s1=Flag of the United States (1877-1890).svg|date_end=18 October|flag=Flag of Alaska|image_coat=Coat of arms of the Russian Empire in Russian America.svg|symbol_type={{nowrap|[[Coat of arms of Russia#1721–1917: Russian Empire|Coat of arms]]}}|common_name=Russian America|subdivision=Colony|status_text=[[Russian colonization of North America|Colony]] of the [[Russian Empire]]|year_start=1799|year_end=1867|event_start=[[Russian-American Company|{{nobr|Company Charter}}]]{{anchor|infoa}}<sup>[[#inforefa|[a]]]</sup>|image_flag=Flag of the Russian-American Company.svg|year_representative2=|capital=[[Kodiak, Alaska|Kodiak]] (1799–1804)<br>[[Sitka, Alaska|Novo-Arkhangelsk]]|leader4=|leader5=|year_leader4=|image_map_caption=Russian America in 1860|year_leader3=|year_leader5=|representative1=|representative2=|title_representative=|year_representative1=|footnotes={{anchor|inforefa}}a. '''[[#infoa|^]]''' The [[Russian-American Company]] was [[Royal charter|chartered]] by the [[Emperor]] [[Alexander I of Russia|Alexander I]] in 1799, to [[government|govern]] Russian possessions in North America on behalf of the [[Russian Empire]].|today=[[United States]]|title_leader=[[Russian-American Company#Chief managers|Governor]]|leader1={{nobr|[[Alexander Andreyevich Baranov]]}}|year_leader1=1799–1818 (first)|leader2=[[Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov]]|year_leader2=1863–1867 (last)|leader3=|demonym=}} '''Russian America''' ({{lang-ru|Русская Америка|Russkaya Amerika}}), was a [[Russian colonization of North America|colonial possession]] of the [[Russia]] in [[America]] between [[1799]] and [[1867]], in the current [[Alaska|State of Alaska]], also included some [[fortification|fo