The word has its origins from early Russian settlers in Alaska.

Spanish missionaries and Russian settlers began the growth of the wine industry in the city.

Much fertile land was taken by Russian settlers, which led to an uprising in 1916.

By 1914 it had carried another five million new Russian settlers east.

There were no Russian settlers in the area so the reason is not known.

Eyewitnesses from that time period confirmed the appearance of permanent Russian settlers.

Many Russian settlers returned to Russia, but a small number of them remained.

The massacre claimed the lives of 162 Russian settlers.

Russian settlers moved in, and the population has been majority Russian ever since.

The region received its first influx of Russian settlers in the mid-seventeenth century.