@@gregwilliams386 yes, they had to rebuild pretty much everything here, except for the Rotchev House. Everything else was destroyed or in very bad condition.
Very nice tour of this historic settlement. Great views of the buildings inside and outside. So many vintage items on display. Love those big cannons. Nice information and narration, I love visiting places like this. Have a great weekend my friend.
Yes! That story is touching. A Presidio Love Story i think its called. He went to St. Petersburg to arrange Roman Catholic - Russian Orthodox marriage ceremony, but he died on the way there, somewhere in Siberia, i think in Krasnoyarsk. And she waited for like 4-5 years for his return, and only later on learned about his death. I think she never got married after that. Sad love story, very touching.
I've been visiting this section of California's coast for over 50 years. Across Highway One from the park entrance is old Fort Ross Road, which is part of the original trail into Fort Ross. Half way up the hill is an old apple orchard planted by Russians. The oldest apple trees in California!
I lived in Cazadero in the late 50’s, really not acquainted with an orchard, but the road that passed our home went directly over the hill to Ross, it was paved but not well maintained, it is on the California road map from A.A.A.
20 years ago I went there with my school in the fourth(?) grade, it was a very nice field trip. Girls wore light dresses and the boys wore heavy cloth - they got bunks and we slept in a tower. Everyone loved it and we enjoyed the food cooked on an open fire, we talked about it for years
We visited there once many years ago. I think that I read that indigenous Aleuts were brought down from Alaska to hunt fur seals and otters due to their expertise with kayaks around the rocks. This was before the U.S. bought Alaska from the Russians.
@DmitriyArbatov i hope we can continue our relationship the kashaya and the people of Russia. Without the russian people my people would have been destroyed by the spanish missions. Our culture is still alive because of them.
My mother was a librarian and folklorist who would tell ghost and local stories to grade school kids camping at Fort Ross. Our family name is Ross (no relation), so one year the kids made my mother a card thanking her for letting them stay at her fort.
@DmitriyArbatov my ancestors with that name were Volga Germans, so we always thought there might be a connection. However, the name the Fort is known by was coined by a French guy who misspelled Rus. Just a weird coincidence, that shows how small the world is.
Thank you so much! Regarding the interior of the church - you can see it at 6:30 in this video, it is very plain. Since these territories didn't have enough time to develop, they never had a chance to build a really beautiful and colorful church in this fort.
The only original (I assume there has been restorative work) building is the Rotchev House. The rest of the buildings and wall are recreations done as best as possible to plans or descriptions of the originals. I first visited Fort Ross when there was a graveled parking lot on the side of the highway and one could walk a short distance from there to the fort. When I visited in 2011 (IIRC), there was a paved parking lot and visitors center before one walked to the fort. The fort is very close to the cliff overlooking a beautiful cove.
This takes me back. Waaaaaay back. From 1979 to 1983 my elementary school took a long weekend there every Spring. We'd learn things, roleplay as settlers and soldiers, learn to load a cannon, and basically immerse ourselves for a few days. We discovered the creek on the other side of the hills above the fort, that was a stunningly beautiful environment, sheltered under trees. Thanks for the share, I'm going to go back to actively not thinking about how long ago that was.
When we went, it was my birthday - so I lit the cannons! They didn't tell me the fuse was like detcord, *instant* ignition and despite being a blank filled with paper and foil, it had some serious pressure behind it. Awesome fort
And, of course, we have the Russian River Resort region which was once very popular with middle class boomer families post WWII and them within about 10 years time, changed into a gay resport region and not a single traditional family with biological children, can be found (at least as of 10 years or so ago. Families from the Bay Area came up there frequently. Like Carmel, wealthy childless couples managed to drive all the prices up so high that families could no longer afford to live there. Bohemian Grove and all that. Elites only. The whole formerly Russian areas are beautiful. The formerly Spanish/Mexican controlled regions not so much, although Santa Barbara and San Diego and the sh*tholes that were once Los Angeles and San Francisco haven't done well either.....
Wow, what a fun guy you are. There's a channel called Roy on TH-cam you might want to watch as he shows a San Francisco live tour. So your sh#thole remarks don't really hold up s you would see. But I suppose you don't get out from your basement much, eh? Take care Mr fun.
Thank you very much for your wonderful video! Very well presented and explained. Best wishes to all!
I've been here several times. It was interesting hearing the Russian perspective.
Your footage was absolutely amazing! Wishing you an great day. Warm greetings from Canada!😃😃✅✅❤❤
Thanks a lot my friend!! Greetings from NY!!
Remember it's been rebuilt several times after being abandoned. I notice new buildings that were not there in the 1960's.
@@gregwilliams386 yes, they had to rebuild pretty much everything here, except for the Rotchev House. Everything else was destroyed or in very bad condition.
Great video! Thanks for sharing this very interesting story! 👍👍😊😊
Thank you so much!!
Great job. Awesome video.
Thank you very much! Glad that you liked it!
Outstanding tour bud, this was so beautifully filmed. Place is just brilliant.
Thanks a lot brother! Glad that you appfeciated this work!
Very nice tour of this historic settlement. Great views of the buildings inside and outside. So many vintage items on display. Love those big cannons. Nice information and narration,
I love visiting places like this. Have a great weekend my friend.
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Thank you so much!! Terima Kasih!!
Another story is Concepcion and Rezanov. There is an opera, Juno and Avos.
Yes! That story is touching. A Presidio Love Story i think its called. He went to St. Petersburg to arrange Roman Catholic - Russian Orthodox marriage ceremony, but he died on the way there, somewhere in Siberia, i think in Krasnoyarsk. And she waited for like 4-5 years for his return, and only later on learned about his death. I think she never got married after that. Sad love story, very touching.
I've been visiting this section of California's coast for over 50 years. Across Highway One from the park entrance is old Fort Ross Road, which is part of the original trail into Fort Ross. Half way up the hill is an old apple orchard planted by Russians. The oldest apple trees in California!
You forgot to mention it passes thru Cazadero 😉
@@NBZW the orchard is 2 miles from Fort Ross. Cazadero is about 10 miles
I lived in Cazadero in the late 50’s, really not acquainted with an orchard, but the road that passed our home went directly over the hill to Ross, it was paved but not well maintained, it is on the California road map from A.A.A.
I used to go there every weekend 20 to 30 years ago for the abalone diving in the cove. Good times and good memories from back then.
20 years ago I went there with my school in the fourth(?) grade, it was a very nice field trip. Girls wore light dresses and the boys wore heavy cloth - they got bunks and we slept in a tower.
Everyone loved it and we enjoyed the food cooked on an open fire, we talked about it for years
We did the same thing in elementary school. @@kylegilmore3810
Tall you for reading off the skireis article, very good recitation.
We visited there once many years ago. I think that I read that indigenous Aleuts were brought down from Alaska to hunt fur seals and otters due to their expertise with kayaks around the rocks. This was before the U.S. bought Alaska from the Russians.
My family came over on the Kamchatka. Im also Kashaya, my family still has record of the old name.
Wow! This is an incredible family history! Glad that you keeping the records and know your roots, this is awesome!
@DmitriyArbatov i hope we can continue our relationship the kashaya and the people of Russia. Without the russian people my people would have been destroyed by the spanish missions. Our culture is still alive because of them.
My mother was a librarian and folklorist who would tell ghost and local stories to grade school kids camping at Fort Ross.
Our family name is Ross (no relation), so one year the kids made my mother a card thanking her for letting them stay at her fort.
Thats a very sweet story! Well, my first thought when you said your family name is Ross - was a connection with this place as well.
@DmitriyArbatov my ancestors with that name were Volga Germans, so we always thought there might be a connection. However, the name the Fort is known by was coined by a French guy who misspelled Rus.
Just a weird coincidence, that shows how small the world is.
Thanks for the video btw, very well done. Next time you're in Sonoma County, I'll buy you a beer.
Как все ухожено, все в сохране, очень интересно, спасибо ❤
A great video! I only wish that interior shots of the church were included, since Russian Orthodox churches are so colorful.
Thank you so much! Regarding the interior of the church - you can see it at 6:30 in this video, it is very plain. Since these territories didn't have enough time to develop, they never had a chance to build a really beautiful and colorful church in this fort.
The only original (I assume there has been restorative work) building is the Rotchev House. The rest of the buildings and wall are recreations done as best as possible to plans or descriptions of the originals. I first visited Fort Ross when there was a graveled parking lot on the side of the highway and one could walk a short distance from there to the fort. When I visited in 2011 (IIRC), there was a paved parking lot and visitors center before one walked to the fort. The fort is very close to the cliff overlooking a beautiful cove.
Well it was an out post because they were looking for fur and other goods.
This takes me back. Waaaaaay back. From 1979 to 1983 my elementary school took a long weekend there every Spring. We'd learn things, roleplay as settlers and soldiers, learn to load a cannon, and basically immerse ourselves for a few days. We discovered the creek on the other side of the hills above the fort, that was a stunningly beautiful environment, sheltered under trees.
Thanks for the share, I'm going to go back to actively not thinking about how long ago that was.
When we went, it was my birthday - so I lit the cannons! They didn't tell me the fuse was like detcord, *instant* ignition and despite being a blank filled with paper and foil, it had some serious pressure behind it.
Awesome fort
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And, of course, we have the Russian River Resort region which was once very popular with middle class boomer families post WWII and them within about 10 years time, changed into a gay resport region and not a single traditional family with biological children, can be found (at least as of 10 years or so ago. Families from the Bay Area came up there frequently. Like Carmel, wealthy childless couples managed to drive all the prices up so high that families could no longer afford to live there. Bohemian Grove and all that. Elites only. The whole formerly Russian areas are beautiful. The formerly Spanish/Mexican controlled regions not so much, although Santa Barbara and San Diego and the sh*tholes that were once Los Angeles and San Francisco haven't done well either.....
Wow, what a fun guy you are. There's a channel called Roy on TH-cam you might want to watch as he shows a San Francisco live tour. So your sh#thole remarks don't really hold up s you would see. But I suppose you don't get out from your basement much, eh? Take care Mr fun.