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Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. A special publication for the Centennial Celebration of the Purchase of Alaska by the United States from the Russian Empire in 1867. Intended to present "a brief history of the Russian Orthodox Church in Alaska, indicating the most significant landmarks located all over the territory of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The conversion of the pagan natives of Alaska to the Orthodox Church is a remarkable achievement of the Russian missionaries indeed, maintained up the present time, as manifested by many Orhtodox Churches and Chapels scattered in Alaska, built by the Orthodox Communities of natives over the past fifty years." - Preface. 80 page stapled booklet. Black and white diagrams, maps, illustrations, and reproductions of archival photos. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this informative history. Tourville p.58, Ricks p.40. ; 8vo.