Colonies
| European colonization of the Americas |
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| First colonization |
| British colonization |
| Courlandish colonization |
| Danish colonization |
| Dutch colonization |
| French colonization |
| German colonization |
| Norse colonization |
| Portuguese colonization |
| Russian colonization |
| Scottish colonization |
| Spanish colonization |
| Swedish colonization |
| Colonization of Canada |
| Colonization of the USA |
| Decolonization |
The first Russian colony in Alaska was founded in 1784 by Grigory Shelikhov. Subsequently, Russian explorers and settlers continued to establish trading posts in mainland Alaska, on the Aleutian Islands, Hawaii, and Northern California.
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