Governorate of Alaska

Governorate of Alaska
Flag Greater Coat of Arms
Motto: Always faithful "Всегда верный"
Anthem: God Save the Tsar
Map of Alaska Map of Alaska
Capital	Novoarchangelsk
Largest city	Rezanovgrad
Official languages	Russian
Ethnic groups	Russians (36.8%), Amero-Alaskans (23.4%), Native Alaskans (11.5%), Finns (6.6%), Cossacks (6.1%), Japanese (3.8%), Canadian-Alaskans (3.2%), Yakuts (3.1%), Filipino (1.8%), Baltic Germans (1.7%), Volga Germans (1.5%), Other (0.5%)
Demonym(s)	Alaskan
Government	Constitutional Monarchy
• Tsar	Roman Petrovich Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov
• President	WIP
Legislature	Legislature
• Upper house	Council of State
• Lower house	Duma
History
• WIP	1900
• WIP	1931
Area
•	663,268 sq mi (1,717,860 km2)
• Water (%)	13.77
Population
• 1930 estimate	197,283
Currency	Alaskan Ruble (₽) (ARB)
Time zone	UTC-8 (ADT)
Driving side	right

Alaska, officially the Governorate of Alaska ((Russian: Губе́рния Аляска), is a sovereign nation located in North America. Alaska is bordered by the Dominion of Canada to her east and shares the Bering Strait with The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) to her west. The population of the country is distributed throughout its main cities and vast rural regions. The most populous cities are the Rezanovgrad followed by Novoarchangelsk and Krusensternburg. The Alaskan hinterland in the northern regions have small settlements scattered throughout the various mountainous and forested tundra regions. Aside from these, much of Alaska is rural and marked by large national reserves and mining zones. Alaska is a constitutional monarchy with its capital located in Novoarchangelsk, the second largest city in the country which serves as cultural and commercial centers. The largest city in Alaska is Rezanovgrad. Alaska has a separation of powers between its Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches.

History

Post Civil War

Era of Mass Immigration

1920s

Demographics

Ethnic Groups

Alaska is comprised of people of many varying ethnicities. The vast majority of New English people are of European descent, however, many different ethnic identities persist between the European peoples whom have settled New England. In the census, there are listed the following options:

• Russians
• Natives
• Klondikers
• Amero-Alaskans
• Finns
• Cossacks
• Japanese
• Filipinos
• Canadian-Alaskans
• Yakuts
• Baltic Germans
• Volga Germans
• Jews

Languages

Alaska has established Russian as the official language of the Governorate of Alaska and Russian is exclusively used for government purposes. However, many families and communities in Alaska are bi-lingual, with native languages, English, Japanese, Tagalog, German and Yiddish among others being spoken throughout many large parts of Alaska and even functioning as a majority linguistically in some areas. Among Russian emigres the widespread use of second languages is controversial and advocacy groups exist for restrictions on signage and public events held in foreign languages, however English and native languages likewise are promoted by their own primary users in the country in their push for linguistic recognition.

Religion

The Governorate of Alaska is officially an Orthodox Christian nation and as such moral laws and public holidays exist in keeping with the Orthodox faith. However, in recognition for the large Catholic and Protestant section of society, Western Christmas is recognized as a national holiday. After Christians, there exists notable Shintoist and Jewish populations in the country and concentrated in southern urban centers, privately owned Shintoist shrines and synagogues are common.

Transport and Infrastructure

Airports

Three civilian airports and four military airports are operated in Alaska. The three civilian airports are Novoarkangelsk International Airport, Nicholas III Airport at Rezanovgrad and the smaller Severo-Polyarnyy Airport at Baranovsk. Additionally there are plans for the construction of a small airport at Krusensternburg.

Culture

Public Holidays

Date	English name	Original name	Remarks
January 12	Christmas Day	Рождество	Christmas according to the Julian calendar
January 12	Prosecutor General's Day	День работника прокуратуры Российской Федерации	Honoring the 1772 foundation of the office of the Prosecutor General of Russia
January 14	Orthodox New Year	День нового года	New Year's day according to the Julian Calendar
April 7	Annunciation	Благовещение	The celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive and bear a son through a virgin birth and become the mother of Jesus Christ, the Christian Messiah and Son of God, marking the Incarnation.
April 21	Local Self-Government Day	День местного самоуправления	Commemorates the reform of 1925 which restructured the Russian Empire and Alaskan Governorate.
April 27	Day of Russian Parliamentarism	День российского парламентаризма	commemorates the first session of Russia's first-ever State Duma in 1906
May 24	Saints Cyril and Methodius Day	День святых Кирилла и Мефодия	Commemorates the 'apostles to the Slavs' St. Cyril and St. Methodius as well as their development of the Cyrillic alphabet.
June 6	Day of the Russian Language	День русского языка	Prior to 2011, Pushkin Day honoring Alexander Puskhin, now honors the Russian Language
Last Sunday of July	Navy Day	День Военно-Морского Флота	Honoring the active and reserve personnel, heroes and veterans of the Russian Navy
August 1	Day of Remembrance of Russian Soldiers Who Fell in World War I	День памяти российских воинов, погибших в Первой мировой войне 1914-1918 годов	Holiday enacted in 2013
August 6	Russian Railway Troops Day	День железнодорожных войск	Honoring all the active and reserve personnel, heroes, fallen and veterans of the Russian Railway Troops
August 12	Russian Air Force Day	День Военно-воздушных сил	Honoring the active and reserve personnel, heroes and veterans of the Russian Air Force
August 19	Apple Feast of the Saviour	Яблочный праздник Спасителя	Also known as the Feast of the Transfiguration
October 1	Russian Ground Forces Day	День Сухопутных войск	Honors those serving, the heroes, fallen and veterans of the Russian Ground Forces on the day of the raising of the first units of the legendary Streltsy by Ivan the Terrible in 1550
October 17	Tsar Roman Petrovich Romanov's Birthday	День рождения царя Романа Петровича Романова	Commemorates the Birth of reigning Tsar Roman Petrovich Romanov.
October 30	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Red Terror	День памяти жертв политических репрессий	Enacted in 1921, honors the victims of the Soviet Union past and present
November 10	Police and Internal Affairs Servicemen's Day	День сотрудника органов внутренних дел Российской Федерации	Honoring all those serving in the Police of Russia and all those working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs
November 19	Day of the Artillery	День артиллерии	Enacted on 21 October 1944, to commemorate the artillery strikes and bombardment at the Battle of Stalingrad of 19 November 1942
November 27	Naval Infantry Day	День морской пехоты	Honoring the 1705 date of the raising of the first units of today's Russian Naval Infantry by orders of Peter the Great
December 9	Fatherland's Heroes Day	День Героев Отечества	Anniversary of the 1769 establishment (OS date: November 26) by Catherine the Great of the Order of St. George
December 25	Western Christmas	Западное Рождество	Christmas according to the Gregorian calendar