A Russian fort in Hawaii

Name: A Russian fort in Hawaii
Start: 1817
Location: Kauai, Hawaii

1817 · Kauai, Hawaii · Eastern Europe & Russia · Exploration

An adventurer raises the Russian flag over Kauai

A Russian fort in Hawaii — en:User:Mel29 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Georg Schäffer, a German doctor working for the Russian-American Company, persuaded Kauai's chief Kaumualiʻi to accept Alexander I's protection and in 1817 built the stone Fort Elizabeth at Waimea under a Russian flag. The tsar had not asked for it, and by autumn the Hawaiians had expelled him.

State: Kingdom of Hawaï'i

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In 1817 Russia had forts both in California and in Hawaii: Fort Ross north of San Francisco and Fort Elizabeth on Kauai. The Hawaiian one flew the Russian flag for less than a year. Share →

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