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#americanhistory
26 pages in and my takeaways so far

-Peter the Great modernized Russia
-Vitus Bering (yes the Bering Strait Is named after him) died trying to find Alaska
-Russians raped and pillaged the natives living in Alaska chasing that fur trade dollar (Ruble?)
-Saint Innocent. This man did amazing work. A Russian Orthodox Church Bishop who was linguist untied Russians and Natives using the teachings of Jesus