Preface.
Out of Time Line Forward
This thread is based on a previous TL that I grew dissatisfied with and ended. Since then I have reworked major elements of the story and am trying to make this TL more detailed than my last one.
The TL is about an Alaskan nation founded in the 1700`s by Russia which then becomes independent and rises during the nineteenth century to become a regional power with rapid industrialization, aggressive immigration policies and Imperialist ambitions the nation competes with the major powers of the day for power and influence in the Pacific.
You will note that the history of my TL follows OTL closely in some major cases (I will not spoil anything here) and you might argue about the butterfly affect and all this would change the flow of history to were the events of OTL never happened. And while the butterfly affect will play a role in my TL it will not be the driving force for the story as instead I will work under the assumption that history has a momentum to it (I can explain further if asked but the explanation is to long for the forward) and that some events in separate TLs will follow trends and appear to be similar but with differences which make them somewhat unique.
Enjoy and/or criticize at your leisure.
The nation of Alyska is descended from the Russian colony of Alaska which was founded in 1736 by the Russian American company as a base for fur and whaling endeavors.
Of course long before the first colonists made landfall, the land they would come to call home had been inhabited by numerous and diverse tribes of natives which hunted and fished in the same lakes, rivers and mountains for thousands upon thousands of years before Europeans arrived to settle and tame the vast nation.
But then Russian settlers from Europe began to arrive and establish settlements along the coast and begin to venture inland to hunt the abundant bear, wolves, beavers and numerous other animals who`s fur was much in demand in Europe.
At first the settlers and the natives got along well, after all why fight when you could trade with eachother? In fact the leadership of the colony actively sought to form alliances and treaties with the tribes. Trading the knowledge of agriculture and modern weaponry and fabrics for fur and information about the country which made the company all the richer.
Many forts were built in the Yukon country which extends from the Eden river in the south to the Yukon river in the north in order to ease communication between the natives and trapers and the cities of the coast.
In many cases the natives would settle near the forts, planting fields and plowing as they had been shown rather than moving from place to place in search of food. When children were born the natives sent them to the schools within the forts were they learned how to read and speak the Russian spoken by the colonists .
And when the same children grew up into young men and women they would often intermarry with the settlers creating a blend of cultures and skin colors which make those who live in the Yukon country distinct to this day.
But not all tribes welcomed the colonists ans their ways, and chose instead to oppose them, refusing the technology and opportunities their fellows accepted and living as they had in the past.
These tribes would often kill any fur trapper they came across and word of them quickly spread to the forts and cities of the colonists, spreading fear and trepidation to the average man and women.
In some cases the hostile natives would resort to outright warfare with the colonists and allied tribes in order to reclaim land. Such examples include the Tlingit and Yukon wars of the 1790`s. It was not until 1839 that the last hostile warchief would be killed in the battle of lake Illianna.
After the last hostile tribes had been killed off the remaining natives would slowly disappear. Intermarrying with the original settlers and later waves of white Europeans during the next century so that by 1900 it was a rare sight indeed to see a pure blood native, by 1950 it was much rarer indeed and now it is thought that only around two or three thousand natives are left, living deep in the norlaand provinces in extreme isolation.
But this is not a history of the natives of Alyska, though they play a role it is one that is only peripheral to the story of the colony which would grow into one of the greatest nations ever to exist on Earth.
Out of Time Line Forward
This thread is based on a previous TL that I grew dissatisfied with and ended. Since then I have reworked major elements of the story and am trying to make this TL more detailed than my last one.
The TL is about an Alaskan nation founded in the 1700`s by Russia which then becomes independent and rises during the nineteenth century to become a regional power with rapid industrialization, aggressive immigration policies and Imperialist ambitions the nation competes with the major powers of the day for power and influence in the Pacific.
You will note that the history of my TL follows OTL closely in some major cases (I will not spoil anything here) and you might argue about the butterfly affect and all this would change the flow of history to were the events of OTL never happened. And while the butterfly affect will play a role in my TL it will not be the driving force for the story as instead I will work under the assumption that history has a momentum to it (I can explain further if asked but the explanation is to long for the forward) and that some events in separate TLs will follow trends and appear to be similar but with differences which make them somewhat unique.
Enjoy and/or criticize at your leisure.
The nation of Alyska is descended from the Russian colony of Alaska which was founded in 1736 by the Russian American company as a base for fur and whaling endeavors.
Of course long before the first colonists made landfall, the land they would come to call home had been inhabited by numerous and diverse tribes of natives which hunted and fished in the same lakes, rivers and mountains for thousands upon thousands of years before Europeans arrived to settle and tame the vast nation.
But then Russian settlers from Europe began to arrive and establish settlements along the coast and begin to venture inland to hunt the abundant bear, wolves, beavers and numerous other animals who`s fur was much in demand in Europe.
At first the settlers and the natives got along well, after all why fight when you could trade with eachother? In fact the leadership of the colony actively sought to form alliances and treaties with the tribes. Trading the knowledge of agriculture and modern weaponry and fabrics for fur and information about the country which made the company all the richer.
Many forts were built in the Yukon country which extends from the Eden river in the south to the Yukon river in the north in order to ease communication between the natives and trapers and the cities of the coast.
In many cases the natives would settle near the forts, planting fields and plowing as they had been shown rather than moving from place to place in search of food. When children were born the natives sent them to the schools within the forts were they learned how to read and speak the Russian spoken by the colonists .
And when the same children grew up into young men and women they would often intermarry with the settlers creating a blend of cultures and skin colors which make those who live in the Yukon country distinct to this day.
But not all tribes welcomed the colonists ans their ways, and chose instead to oppose them, refusing the technology and opportunities their fellows accepted and living as they had in the past.
These tribes would often kill any fur trapper they came across and word of them quickly spread to the forts and cities of the colonists, spreading fear and trepidation to the average man and women.
In some cases the hostile natives would resort to outright warfare with the colonists and allied tribes in order to reclaim land. Such examples include the Tlingit and Yukon wars of the 1790`s. It was not until 1839 that the last hostile warchief would be killed in the battle of lake Illianna.
After the last hostile tribes had been killed off the remaining natives would slowly disappear. Intermarrying with the original settlers and later waves of white Europeans during the next century so that by 1900 it was a rare sight indeed to see a pure blood native, by 1950 it was much rarer indeed and now it is thought that only around two or three thousand natives are left, living deep in the norlaand provinces in extreme isolation.
But this is not a history of the natives of Alyska, though they play a role it is one that is only peripheral to the story of the colony which would grow into one of the greatest nations ever to exist on Earth.
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