Who and when built the Russian fortress in Hawaii? Detailed answer

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Who and when built the Russian fortress in Hawaii?

In addition to the development of Alaska and other territories of the Pacific coast of North America, the Russian-American company attempted to gain a foothold in Hawaii. In 1816, Georg Schaeffer, a company employee, signed a secret treaty with Kaumualii, the king of the island of Kauai, who wanted to free himself from vassal dependence on the king of all the Kamehameha islands. Under the agreement, Kaumualii asked the Russian emperor for a protectorate and allocated land to the colonists for trading posts and plantations, on which Schaeffer built three forts. However, the aggressive actions of the Americans forced the Russians to sail away from the island, and the emperor refused the petition, fearing to complicate relations with the United States and recognizing Hawaii as a sphere of their influence. Now only the ruins of the Elizabethan fortress on the island of Kauai, declared a national historical monument, remind of the events of those days.

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