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October 1 1788 - Catherine II is laying in her bed trying to coax sleep to come after a thoroughly enjoyable birthday. The POD occurs in an instant. A simple idea to see if the north coast of OTL Alaska has any profitable resources to make the Russian colonies more profitable. Now in OTL this simple little thought Catherine had laying in her bed never occurred. October 3 1788 - Catherine II announces the plan to expand father into the North American continent, and that Gregory Shelikhov will lead the expedition.

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  • Timeline (Russian America Expansion)
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  • October 1 1788 - Catherine II is laying in her bed trying to coax sleep to come after a thoroughly enjoyable birthday. The POD occurs in an instant. A simple idea to see if the north coast of OTL Alaska has any profitable resources to make the Russian colonies more profitable. Now in OTL this simple little thought Catherine had laying in her bed never occurred. October 3 1788 - Catherine II announces the plan to expand father into the North American continent, and that Gregory Shelikhov will lead the expedition.
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  • October 1 1788 - Catherine II is laying in her bed trying to coax sleep to come after a thoroughly enjoyable birthday. The POD occurs in an instant. A simple idea to see if the north coast of OTL Alaska has any profitable resources to make the Russian colonies more profitable. Now in OTL this simple little thought Catherine had laying in her bed never occurred. October 3 1788 - Catherine II announces the plan to expand father into the North American continent, and that Gregory Shelikhov will lead the expedition. April 27 1789 - Gregory Shelikhov leaves the coast of eastern Russia and heads toward Northern Alaska. July 18 1789 - Gregory Shelikhov sails past the coast of OTL northern Alaska, and his crew is surprised to find many resources such as lumber and sea otters which would make Russian America profitable. Resources which wouldn't have been observed by Russia until much later without the one idea had by Catherine II. October 31 1789 - This day is known as National Halloween in Yavukia. This was the day where a messenger arrived on Catherine II's doorstep telling her of the the news of how incredibly profitable that Russian America could become if expanded.
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