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Russian Mission
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city in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, United States
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
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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
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