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Russian Mission
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city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Russian Mission is referenced by 78 other articles, and connects out to Alaska, United States and Russian.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city.
It sits within the topics Cities in Alaska, Cities in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska and Russian-American culture in Alaska.
Its subject is documented across 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alaska
- Census area
- Kusilvak
- Ancsa regional corporation
- Calista
- Incorporated
- October 28, 1970
- Mayor
- Basil Changsak
- State senator
- Donny Olson ( D )
- State rep
- Neal Foster (D)
- Total
- 5.72 sq mi (14.82 km )
- Land
- 5.37 sq mi (13.90 km )
- Water
- 0.36 sq mi (0.92 km )
- Elevation
- 52 ft (16 m)
- Density
- 78.4/sq mi (30.28/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-9 ( AKST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-8 (AKDT)
- Fips code
- 02-65700
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Russian Mission
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Alaska
- Contains
- Kusilvak Census Area
- Population
- 421
- Area
- 15.3876
- Elevation
- 16
- Time zone
- Alaska Time Zone
- Body of water
- Yukon River
- Image
- Russian Mission aerial view.jpg
- Households
- 61
- Dialing code
- 907
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- native label
- Iqugmiut
- postal code
- 99657
- water as percent of area
- 6.0583
- P8168
- Marchais
- water area
- 0.932224
- per capita income
- 106660
- mean age
- 37.0
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Encyclopedic overview
Russian Mission (Central Yupik: Iqugmiut; Russian: Икогмют - Ikogmiut, now Рашен-Мишен) is a city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska. It was the location of a fur trading post of the Russian-American Company in 1842. After the sale of Russian-American possessions to the United States in 1867, it was officially named Russian Mission in the early 1900s. The sale of alcohol is prohibited. At the 2020 census the population was 421, up from 312 in 2010.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Russian Mission” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.