Who is Aleksandr Baraov from Alaska and what is their importance? Alaska_(novel) English & Literature Aleksandr Baraov | Alaska

Aleksandr Baraov was an Irkutsk businessman in his early forties. He had a glass factory that he had closed. He became the representative of Marina Zhdanko's fur trading company in the Aleutian Island. He established the Russian colony on Sitka Island and in other places. As a result of a common law marriage to Anna, he had two children. In his seventies, he was accused of mishandling funds and died on April 16, 1819, on his way to St. Petersburg.