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Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov (Russian: Николай Петрович Резанов, 28 March [O.S. 8 April] 1764 – 13 March [O.S. 1 March] 1807), a Russian nobleman and statesman, promoted the project of Russian colonization of Alaska and California to three successive Emperors of All Russia—Catherine the Great, Paul, and Aleksander I.
Nikolay Petrovich Rezanov was a Russian trader, diplomat, and administrator who was a founder of the Russian-American Company, which played a major part in the history of Alaska and of the North Pacific.
In the late eighteenth century, a young Spanish girl and a Russian explorer fell in love at the Presidio. Though challenged by different languages and cultures, the romance of Maria de la Concepcion Marcela Arguello and Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov spawned a legend that continues to capture the hearts of people today.
Of poor but noble birth, Nikolai Rezanov was close to members of the court of Emperor Alexander I and became an influential figure in the first decade of Russia's American colony.
Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov ( Russian: Николай Петрович Резанов, 28 March [ O.S. 8 April] 1764 – 13 March [ O.S. 1 March] 1807 ), a Russian nobleman and statesman, promoted the project of Russian colonization of Alaska and California to three successive Emperors of All Russia —Catherine the Great, Paul, and Aleksander I. Aleksander I commissioned ...
Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov (nyĬkəlī´ pētrô´vîch ryĕzä´nəf), 1764–1807, Russian trader, an official of the Russian American Company. In 1803 he headed an expedition that aimed to go around the world, opening trade with foreign countries and expanding Russia's Pacific empire.
Rezanov is the central character in Owen Matthews's enthralling account of Russia's great misfire: its attempt to colonise America. Many know that Russia sold Alaska to America, rather cheaply in 1867, fearing that it had become indefensible.
