Battle of Sitka
| Battle of Sitka | |||||||
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| Part of the Russo-Tlingit War and the American Indian Wars | |||||||
Battle of Sitka by Louis S. Glanzman, 1988 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Russia | Tlingit Kiks.ádi Clan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Alexandr Baranov Yuri Lisyansky | Katlian | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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150+ Russians 400 Aleuts 14 guns | 750-800 (estimated) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 12 killed, many wounded | Unknown, but more than the Russians | ||||||
The Battle of Sitka (Russian: Сражение при Ситке) in 1804 was the last major armed conflict between the Russians and Alaska Natives, and was initiated in response to the destruction of a Russian trading post two years before. The primary combatant groups were the Kiks.ádi ("Ones of Kíks", Frog/Raven) clan of Sheetʼká Xʼáatʼi (Baranof Island) of the Tlingit nation and agents of the Russian-American Company assisted by the Imperial Russian Navy.