An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. From right:Alexander Alexeyev, an expert on the history of developing the Far East, Kamchatka and Russian America and Professor Nikolai Rakityansky, a historian who emigrated to the United States, near the Soviet vessel Akademik Shirshov in Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609432
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: Vilen Alper, the captain of the scientific research vessel Akademik Shirshov, with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609431
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: Hydraulic Engineer Svetlana Beletskaya with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609430
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: N. Bogorenov, Deputy General Director For Foreign Economic Ties, Zarnitsa Industrial and Commercial Association, with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609429
An international scientific-tourist expedition marking the 250th anniversary of a Russian naval expedition, commanded by Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov, to the Alaska coast that ushered in the Russian America era. Photo: Soviet architect I. Kryukov, a representative of the Russian America Association, with expedition members at Seattle port in the United States.22.08.1991#8609428
The Pacific expedition, Russian America-250, dedicated to the anniversary of the voyage by the St. Peter and St. Paul packet boats under the command of Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov in July-September 1991. Member of the expedition, helmsman A. Nikolayenko.01.07.1991#6536740
The Russian America - 250 international expedition dedicated to the 250th anniversary of Vitus Bering and Alexei Chirikov's voyage to the coast of Alaska. Four ships traveled from Vladivostok to the United States: the Pallada sailing ship, the R/V Akademik Shirshov, the R/V Akademik Korolev, the R/V Professor Khromov, as well as 17 sailing ships from various regions of Russia. The packet boats Saint Peter, Saint Gabriel and Saint Paul before departure in Vladivostok.01.07.1991#8332529
Bering 81, an expedition by the Institute of the History, Archaeology and Ethnography of Far Eastern Peoples of the Far Eastern Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences (today Russian Academy of Sciences). A cross at the site of the alleged grave of Captain Commander Vitus Bering.15.07.1981#6699376
Bering 81, an expedition by the Institute of the History, Archaeology and Ethnography of Far Eastern Peoples of the Far Eastern Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences (today Russian Academy of Sciences). Expedition members lay flowers at the wooden memorial plaques with the names of St. Peter ship crew members created from the sketches of Fyodor Konyukhov, a Russian traveler.15.07.1981#6699370
