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1825: Russians open the first pharmacy in Alaska

The new pharmacy serves the growing Russian population in the capital city of Sitka. It dispenses medicine to settlers but not to Alaska Natives.

Theme
Native Rights
Region
Arctic

Russian-American Company at Sitka, Alaska, 1805. From G.H. von Langsdorff, Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of the World, 1805. This image shows that the Russian-American Company in Sitka was a well-established enterprise by the early 1800s.

Courtesy Alaska State Library, Alaska Purchase Centennial Commission Photograph Collection