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Previous Trivia Question:
What year was the Sitka Russian Bishop's House built?
Answer: 1842
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Russian Bishops House
The Russian Bishop's House is one of the few surviving examples of Russian colonial architecture in North America. Imperial Russia was the dominant power in the North Pacific for over 125 years. Sitka (known as New Archangel at the time) was the Russian colonial capital. The Bishop's House was completed in 1842 and was the center of Russian Orthodox church authority in a diocese that stretched from California to Siberian Kamchatka.
Source: Sitka National Historical Park

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