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Fort Ross
Fort Ross
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Is it true that not only Alaska, but other huge territories of the American continent were Russian? Yes, its stretched all the way down to Northern California. And Fort Ross, Russian fortress and settlement of the early 19th century, which still located 90 miles north of San Francisco, on the banks of Russian river at that time marked the southern border of the Russian Empire. At the peak of its power Russia suddenly abandoned its colonies.
Why? What happened?
In our days, an international TV crew arrived at "Fort Ross National Historic Park" to make a documentary. DmitryRussian reporter already famous in his country, Margo, long legged sound engineer, very pretty, and very independent American girl in her twenties, and videographer Jeff, the guy from Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, same age as Margomeet in New York and soon became friends.
As a result of the mysterious anomaly, Dmitry was thrown into the past. Into the Fort Ross of 1820s, where he saw a thriving international community of the colonists: Russians, Aleuts, Native Americans, Spaniards. Ripening field of rye, peach orchards, vineyards, flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. In the bay, merchant's ships at anchor, waiting for the goods to be loadedparadise and nothing else.
To his surprise, he found out that his ability to travel in Time happened because of the strange malfunctioning of his iPhone. How great it would be to take a few real historical shoots from the past! However, soon he will realize that what they have in their hands is much more serious than just an opportunity to make an unprecedented documentary footage. Why not try to change the Future itself?
But in favor of what country, Russia or America? It's not an easy question to answer. Dmitry, taken aback by this unknown to him chapter of Russian history, sees the new opportunities for Mother Russia. Margo, as an American, is very disturbed. She, who has an Indian blood in her veins, knows pretty well what awaits her people. On the other hand, she fascinated by the peaceful coexistence of Russians and local Kashaya tribe. As for Jeff, he is just torn apart between his pledge to his new homeland, his Russian origin, his new friend and his new love for Margo.
Not being able to resolve all these issues at once, friends decided to disguise themselves as Franciscan friars and Margo as an Indian girl, and go for the brief exploration into the Past. And return to modern time, as quickly as possible.
But Fate had other plans for them.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateJun 2, 2014
ISBN9781496912404
Fort Ross
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Dmitri Poletaev

Dmitri Poletaev - writer, journalist and historian. Researcher and collector of rare documents on the history of Russian America. Screenwriter and producer of the series of documentaries on the subject. A future film, based on his novel "Fort Ross", was produced in Russia in 2014.

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