Andrei V Grinëv
Biographic Data
| ID | 109019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrei V Grinëv |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrei V |
| FAMILY NAME | Grinëv |
| SIGNATURE | GRINËV A V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0246-7945 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The American Frontier in the Works of Russian Historians
This study is a critical review of ten scientific articles devoted to the Russian frontier in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean and the west coast of North America in the 18th–19th centuries, where Russian colonies were formed in Alaska and California – the so-called “Russian America”. All analyzed articles were published in 2024 in various academic journals, including journals from the list of the Higher Attestation Commission. A critical s…
Russian views of the unknown coast
Early-nineteenth century Russian accounts of the coastline between Alaska and Fort Ross are rare. This article helps fill this gap, providing diary accounts by Russian American Company employee, Afanasy Shvetsov, of two joint Russian-American sea otter hunting trips along the Oregon and northern California coasts in 1808-09. Recently recovered and translated, these accounts aptly describe landscapes and biota, as well as Russian, American, and co…
Russian America and its Problems in Contemporary National Works of Economists
The article critically examines the publications of modern Russian economists on the history of the former Russian colonies in the New World, sold in 1867 to the United States and subsequently forming the territory of the state of Alaska. Paradoxically, economists tend to mainly examine historical problems of Russian America, while some historians research economy, although everything should be just the opposite. The monitoring of scholarship con…
Psychological Portrait of the Eskimos of Alaska Based on Russian Historical Sources (1763–1867)
(1763-1867
The Birth of a New Pseudo-Historical Myth in Modern Russia
The branch of public knowledge that is designated as “historical science” has its own mythology. It is based not only on one-sided historical facts, but also on various theoretical concepts. Some historical and theoretical myths are peculiar to individual countries, while others are more widespread, for example, the myth of democracy as the power of the people. Now in Russia there is final approval for the concept of the “Great Russian Revolution…
Women's labor in Russian America
The topic of the use of female labor in the Russian colonies in the New World has not yet been fully studied, since researchers have usually been attracted only by the activities of women who came to Alaska from Russia and Europe. However, the bulk of the female population of Alaska at that time was not made up of them but rather of Unangan (Aleuts), and Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, and other Alaska Natives, and from the very beginning of Russian colonizatio…
Social Protest in Russian America
This article analyzes social protest in the Russian colonies in Alaska and Northern California. The main reasons for protests were the actions of the colonial administration or abuse by its representatives, along with dissatisfaction with the financial situation, rules, conditions, and remuneration for labor, as well as shortages of commodities and food for a considerable part of the population of the Russian colonies. Protest activity in Russian…
Natives and Creoles of Alaska in the maritime service in Russian America
In the initial stage of Russian colonization of Alaska, very few Natives were involved in carrying out maritime service on Russian ships, as they lacked some of the required qualifications and skills. Only after the Russians had established the first permanent settlement on Kodiak Island in 1784 were some Natives drawn into maritime service, though in a limited number. From the beginning of the nineteenth century, Natives came to be replaced more…
Is Democracy Possible in Russia
This article discusses the question of why a Western-style democracy has not been formed in Russia. The prerequisite for the formation of a democracy as a political regime is the domination of small and medium-sized private property and a middle class. Since the middle class has been small in Russia throughout most of its history for a number of objective reasons, the country has hardly known full-fledged democracy, and the current political syst…
Russian Resistance to Human Sacrifice among the Tlingit Indians (1819-1867)
Sacrifice of slaves among the Tlingit Indians, who lived in southeastern Alaska, had a ritual character and was part of their traditional culture. Slaves were sacrificed during special ceremonies—potlaches. Initially, the Russians, coming into the lands of the Tlingit at the end of the 18th century, did not interfere in their customs or try to prevent ritual slayings. Only at the end of the 1810s, when rather well-educated and humane naval office…
Finnish Ships in Russian America
The annexation of the Grand Duchy of Finland by the Russian Empire after the war with Sweden in 1808–1809 sharply strengthened the Russian trading fleet. It is not surprising that Finnish ships, despite their small number, visited the Russian colonies in America over a rather long period—from 1816 to 1856—though at times with substantial temporal intervals. Some of them belonged to the Russian-American Company (RAC), some were chartered by it, an…
Interethnic Marriages and Relationships of the Tlingits in the Russian–American Period and Their Significance
Deserters and Fugitives in Russian America
Desertion, as a specific social phenomenon, occurred over the extent of almost the whole period of existence of the Russian colonies in Alaska (18th century–1867). Some attempts at desertion were successful; others suffered failure. At the same time, “external” desertion, outside the boundaries of Russian America, absolutely prevailed. Sometimes fugitives voluntarily returned to Alaska; other times they were brought by force. Deserters usually ac…
The dynamics of barter between the Russians and Alaska Natives, 1741-1867
This article explores the dynamics of barter/trade between Russians and Alaska natives under the Russian Empire. During the first stage of colonization, the Russians (unlike the English and French) did not tend to barter/trade. They preferred to take the main riches of Alaska, especially valuable furs, on their own, or to obtain them by exploiting local people in hunting parties, deploying non-economic coercion to work and debt bondage. Moreover,…
The Fate of the Eyak Indians in Russian America (1783-1867)
This article is dedicated to the dramatic history of the small tribe of Eyak Indians during the period when Alaska belonged to the Russian Empire. The article was written with the use of archival data, published documents, notes of contemporaries, the use of statistics, materials of field research of ethnographers, native legends, and a broad circle of scholarly literature in the Russian, English, and German languages. The article examines contro…
Cultural Borrowings of Russians from the Natives of Alaska in the 18th and 19th Centuries
This article is dedicated to an analysis of Russian cultural borrowings from the Natives of Alaska and Aleutian Islands during the second half of the 18th century until 1867, when these territories were sold to the USA. As this research shows, the Russians, in the process of their colonization of the New World, borrowed objects of a predominantly utilitarian character in the sphere of material culture. Most of these borrowings took place in the 1…
The Specific Character of Professional Statuses of Finns in Russian America
Research Article| April 01 2016 The Specific Character of Professional Statuses of Finns in Russian America Andrei V. Grinëv; Andrei V. Grinëv Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Richard L. Bland Richard L. Bland Translator Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2016) 88 (1): …
The Problem of Classification of Vessels of the Russian-American Company in Russian Historiography
Sailing ships played a significant role in the colonization of Alaska during the Russian period (1741–1867). However, classifying them is sometimes very difficult because the historical sources are very scarce and even contradictory. These difficulties lead to many errors in classification of specific vessels on the pages of scholarly literature. In addition, some authors have poor knowledge of maritime affairs. As a result, “frigatomania” is esp…
The First Russian Settlers in Alaska
Notes1. An earlier version of this article was published in Russian as A.V. Grinëv, “Pervye Russkie Poselentsy na Aliaske,” Klio 2, 2001, 52–65. It has been translated into English by Dr. Richard L. Bland of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.2. S.G. Fedorova, Russkoe naselenie Aliaski i Kalifornii (konets XVIII veka‐1867-g.), Moscow: Taylor & Francis, 1971, 117, 119, 157; K.T. Khlebnikov, Rus…
A Brief Survey of the Russian Historiography of Russian America of Recent Years
Many people have written about the history of the Russian-American Company (RAC), some for scholars, others for a lay audience. Numerous writers have been Americans and Europeans who have had access to the records of the RAC that are held in the U.S. National Archives. But more records-preserved in Russia-were rarely accessible to Western scholars until the end of the Cold War. Dr. Andrei V. Grinëv is one of the leading authorities on the history…
The Plans for Russian Expansion in the New World and the North Pacific in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
The theme of Russian expansion in the New World and North Pacific in the eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries has repeatedly attracted the attention of Russian and foreign scholars. At the same time, the topic evokes discussion in scholarly historiography as authors frequently adhere to diametrically opposing points of view. In this paper we will investigate the elaboration of plans for Russian territorial expansion in the New World, noting tha…
The Distribution of Alcohol among the Natives of Russian America
The study of archival materials and published historical and ethnographic sources shows that alcohol played an insignificant role in contacts with the aboriginal population during the Russian colonization of Alaska. The Russian-American Company (RAC) tried to fight alcoholism and limited access of spirits to the natives of the Russian colonies partially for moral and partially for economic reasons. The only Alaskan natives to whom agents of the R…
Reflections on the Fate of Alexei Chirikov's Missing Men
The Russian crew from Captain Alexei Chirikov's ship Sv. Pavel went missing on the American shore in 1741. This article examines the question of their fate, arguing that the men sought refuge among the Tlingit, who occupied the Alaskan coastline where the men went ashore. The article hypothesizes on the fate of the crew, using historic documents, modern sources written in Russian and English, as well as Tlingit oral history
Frederica de Laguna and Her Contribution to the Study of the Native Population of Alaska
To the scholar who studies the past and present life of the peoples of Alaska, the name of Frederica de Laguna says a great deal. Nevertheless, to this day, the scholarly achievements of this leading representative of American ethnography (anthropology) are not nearly as well known in our country as they deserve to be.1 Iu[liia] P. Averkieva, one of the founders of American studies [amerikanistiki] in the Soviet Union, made almost no use in her w…
Indeitsi Tlinkiti v Period Russkoi Ameriki, 1741-1867
Women's labor in Russian America
The topic of the use of female labor in the Russian colonies in the New World has not yet been fully studied, since researchers have usually been attracted only by the activities of women who came to Alaska from Russia and Europe. However, the bulk of the female population of Alaska at that time was not made up of them but rather of Unangan (Aleuts), and Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, and other Alaska Natives, and from the very beginning of Russian colonizatio…
Is Democracy Possible in Russia
This article discusses the question of why a Western-style democracy has not been formed in Russia. The prerequisite for the formation of a democracy as a political regime is the domination of small and medium-sized private property and a middle class. Since the middle class has been small in Russia throughout most of its history for a number of objective reasons, the country has hardly known full-fledged democracy, and the current political syst…
Interethnic Marriages and Relationships of the Tlingits in the Russian–American Period and Their Significance
The Distribution of Alcohol among the Natives of Russian America
The study of archival materials and published historical and ethnographic sources shows that alcohol played an insignificant role in contacts with the aboriginal population during the Russian colonization of Alaska. The Russian-American Company (RAC) tried to fight alcoholism and limited access of spirits to the natives of the Russian colonies partially for moral and partially for economic reasons. The only Alaskan natives to whom agents of the R…
The Tlingit Indians in the Period of Russian America, 1741-1867
Journal Article Indeitsy Tlinkity v period Russkoi Ameriki, 1741–1867 (The Tlingit Indians in the period of Russian America, 1741–1867). By A. V. Grinev. (Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1991. 318 pp. Paper, R 3, K 10, ISBN 5-02-029741-0.) In Russian Get access Joseph Dane Hartgrove Joseph Dane Hartgrove National Archives, Washington, D.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2…
The Tlingit Indians in the Period of Russian America, 1741-1867
Journal Article Indeitsy Tlinkity v period Russkoi Ameriki, 1741–1867 (The Tlingit Indians in the period of Russian America, 1741–1867). By A. V. Grinev. (Novosibirsk: Nauka, 1991. 318 pp. Paper, R 3, K 10, ISBN 5-02-029741-0.) In Russian Get access Joseph Dane Hartgrove Joseph Dane Hartgrove National Archives, Washington, D.C. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 2…
Indeitsi Tlinkiti v Period Russkoi Ameriki, 1741-1867
Frederica de Laguna and Her Contribution to the Study of the Native Population of Alaska
To the scholar who studies the past and present life of the peoples of Alaska, the name of Frederica de Laguna says a great deal. Nevertheless, to this day, the scholarly achievements of this leading representative of American ethnography (anthropology) are not nearly as well known in our country as they deserve to be.1 Iu[liia] P. Averkieva, one of the founders of American studies [amerikanistiki] in the Soviet Union, made almost no use in her w…
Reflections on the Fate of Alexei Chirikov's Missing Men
The Russian crew from Captain Alexei Chirikov's ship Sv. Pavel went missing on the American shore in 1741. This article examines the question of their fate, arguing that the men sought refuge among the Tlingit, who occupied the Alaskan coastline where the men went ashore. The article hypothesizes on the fate of the crew, using historic documents, modern sources written in Russian and English, as well as Tlingit oral history
A Brief Survey of the Russian Historiography of Russian America of Recent Years
Many people have written about the history of the Russian-American Company (RAC), some for scholars, others for a lay audience. Numerous writers have been Americans and Europeans who have had access to the records of the RAC that are held in the U.S. National Archives. But more records-preserved in Russia-were rarely accessible to Western scholars until the end of the Cold War. Dr. Andrei V. Grinëv is one of the leading authorities on the history…
The Plans for Russian Expansion in the New World and the North Pacific in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
The theme of Russian expansion in the New World and North Pacific in the eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries has repeatedly attracted the attention of Russian and foreign scholars. At the same time, the topic evokes discussion in scholarly historiography as authors frequently adhere to diametrically opposing points of view. In this paper we will investigate the elaboration of plans for Russian territorial expansion in the New World, noting tha…
The Distribution of Alcohol among the Natives of Russian America
The study of archival materials and published historical and ethnographic sources shows that alcohol played an insignificant role in contacts with the aboriginal population during the Russian colonization of Alaska. The Russian-American Company (RAC) tried to fight alcoholism and limited access of spirits to the natives of the Russian colonies partially for moral and partially for economic reasons. The only Alaskan natives to whom agents of the R…
The First Russian Settlers in Alaska
Notes1. An earlier version of this article was published in Russian as A.V. Grinëv, “Pervye Russkie Poselentsy na Aliaske,” Klio 2, 2001, 52–65. It has been translated into English by Dr. Richard L. Bland of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.2. S.G. Fedorova, Russkoe naselenie Aliaski i Kalifornii (konets XVIII veka‐1867-g.), Moscow: Taylor & Francis, 1971, 117, 119, 157; K.T. Khlebnikov, Rus…
The Problem of Classification of Vessels of the Russian-American Company in Russian Historiography
Sailing ships played a significant role in the colonization of Alaska during the Russian period (1741–1867). However, classifying them is sometimes very difficult because the historical sources are very scarce and even contradictory. These difficulties lead to many errors in classification of specific vessels on the pages of scholarly literature. In addition, some authors have poor knowledge of maritime affairs. As a result, “frigatomania” is esp…
Cultural Borrowings of Russians from the Natives of Alaska in the 18th and 19th Centuries
This article is dedicated to an analysis of Russian cultural borrowings from the Natives of Alaska and Aleutian Islands during the second half of the 18th century until 1867, when these territories were sold to the USA. As this research shows, the Russians, in the process of their colonization of the New World, borrowed objects of a predominantly utilitarian character in the sphere of material culture. Most of these borrowings took place in the 1…
The Specific Character of Professional Statuses of Finns in Russian America
Research Article| April 01 2016 The Specific Character of Professional Statuses of Finns in Russian America Andrei V. Grinëv; Andrei V. Grinëv Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Richard L. Bland Richard L. Bland Translator Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scandinavian Studies (2016) 88 (1): …
The dynamics of barter between the Russians and Alaska Natives, 1741-1867
This article explores the dynamics of barter/trade between Russians and Alaska natives under the Russian Empire. During the first stage of colonization, the Russians (unlike the English and French) did not tend to barter/trade. They preferred to take the main riches of Alaska, especially valuable furs, on their own, or to obtain them by exploiting local people in hunting parties, deploying non-economic coercion to work and debt bondage. Moreover,…
The Fate of the Eyak Indians in Russian America (1783-1867)
This article is dedicated to the dramatic history of the small tribe of Eyak Indians during the period when Alaska belonged to the Russian Empire. The article was written with the use of archival data, published documents, notes of contemporaries, the use of statistics, materials of field research of ethnographers, native legends, and a broad circle of scholarly literature in the Russian, English, and German languages. The article examines contro…
Finnish Ships in Russian America
The annexation of the Grand Duchy of Finland by the Russian Empire after the war with Sweden in 1808–1809 sharply strengthened the Russian trading fleet. It is not surprising that Finnish ships, despite their small number, visited the Russian colonies in America over a rather long period—from 1816 to 1856—though at times with substantial temporal intervals. Some of them belonged to the Russian-American Company (RAC), some were chartered by it, an…
Interethnic Marriages and Relationships of the Tlingits in the Russian–American Period and Their Significance
Deserters and Fugitives in Russian America
Desertion, as a specific social phenomenon, occurred over the extent of almost the whole period of existence of the Russian colonies in Alaska (18th century–1867). Some attempts at desertion were successful; others suffered failure. At the same time, “external” desertion, outside the boundaries of Russian America, absolutely prevailed. Sometimes fugitives voluntarily returned to Alaska; other times they were brought by force. Deserters usually ac…
Natives and Creoles of Alaska in the maritime service in Russian America
In the initial stage of Russian colonization of Alaska, very few Natives were involved in carrying out maritime service on Russian ships, as they lacked some of the required qualifications and skills. Only after the Russians had established the first permanent settlement on Kodiak Island in 1784 were some Natives drawn into maritime service, though in a limited number. From the beginning of the nineteenth century, Natives came to be replaced more…
Is Democracy Possible in Russia
This article discusses the question of why a Western-style democracy has not been formed in Russia. The prerequisite for the formation of a democracy as a political regime is the domination of small and medium-sized private property and a middle class. Since the middle class has been small in Russia throughout most of its history for a number of objective reasons, the country has hardly known full-fledged democracy, and the current political syst…
Russian Resistance to Human Sacrifice among the Tlingit Indians (1819-1867)
Sacrifice of slaves among the Tlingit Indians, who lived in southeastern Alaska, had a ritual character and was part of their traditional culture. Slaves were sacrificed during special ceremonies—potlaches. Initially, the Russians, coming into the lands of the Tlingit at the end of the 18th century, did not interfere in their customs or try to prevent ritual slayings. Only at the end of the 1810s, when rather well-educated and humane naval office…
Social Protest in Russian America
This article analyzes social protest in the Russian colonies in Alaska and Northern California. The main reasons for protests were the actions of the colonial administration or abuse by its representatives, along with dissatisfaction with the financial situation, rules, conditions, and remuneration for labor, as well as shortages of commodities and food for a considerable part of the population of the Russian colonies. Protest activity in Russian…
Psychological Portrait of the Eskimos of Alaska Based on Russian Historical Sources (1763–1867)
(1763-1867
The Birth of a New Pseudo-Historical Myth in Modern Russia
The branch of public knowledge that is designated as “historical science” has its own mythology. It is based not only on one-sided historical facts, but also on various theoretical concepts. Some historical and theoretical myths are peculiar to individual countries, while others are more widespread, for example, the myth of democracy as the power of the people. Now in Russia there is final approval for the concept of the “Great Russian Revolution…
Women's labor in Russian America
The topic of the use of female labor in the Russian colonies in the New World has not yet been fully studied, since researchers have usually been attracted only by the activities of women who came to Alaska from Russia and Europe. However, the bulk of the female population of Alaska at that time was not made up of them but rather of Unangan (Aleuts), and Alutiiq/Sugpiaq, and other Alaska Natives, and from the very beginning of Russian colonizatio…
Russian America and its Problems in Contemporary National Works of Economists
The article critically examines the publications of modern Russian economists on the history of the former Russian colonies in the New World, sold in 1867 to the United States and subsequently forming the territory of the state of Alaska. Paradoxically, economists tend to mainly examine historical problems of Russian America, while some historians research economy, although everything should be just the opposite. The monitoring of scholarship con…
Russian views of the unknown coast
Early-nineteenth century Russian accounts of the coastline between Alaska and Fort Ross are rare. This article helps fill this gap, providing diary accounts by Russian American Company employee, Afanasy Shvetsov, of two joint Russian-American sea otter hunting trips along the Oregon and northern California coasts in 1808-09. Recently recovered and translated, these accounts aptly describe landscapes and biota, as well as Russian, American, and co…
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