Battle of Sitka

Battle of Sitka
Part of the Russian colonization of the Americas and the American Indian Wars
Battle of Sitka by Louis S. Glanzman, 1988
Date 1–4 October 1804 Location Sitka, Alaska Result Russian victory
Belligerents
Russia	Tlingit Kiks.ádi Clan
Commanders and leaders
Alexandr Baranov Yuri Lisyansky	Katlian
Strength
150+ Russians 400 Aleuts 14 guns	750–800 (estimated)
Casualties and losses
12 killed, many wounded	Unknown

The Battle of Sitka (Russian: Сражение при Ситке; 1804) was the last major armed conflict between 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.