Krusensternburg

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Krusensternburg, Alaska
Крузенште́рнбург
Home rule city
City of Krusensternburg
Downtown Krusensternburg in 1934
Downtown Krusensternburg in 1934
Colonized1901
Incorporated1903
Government
 • MayorPyotr Lebedintsev
Area
 • Home rule city32.62 sq mi (84.49 km2)
 • Land31.75 sq mi (82.22 km2)
 • Water0.88 sq mi (2.27 km2)
Elevation
446 ft (136 m)
Population
 (1930)
 • Home rule cityTBD
 • Urban
TBD
Time zoneUTCUTC-9 (Alaska)
 • Summer (DST)UTCUTC-8 (Alaska)

Krusensternburg (Lower Tanana: Trothttheet; Russian: Крузенште́рнбург) is a home rule city in the Governorate of Alaska located in the central Tanana Valley, straddling the Chena River near its confluence with the Tanana River. Krusensternburg is named for Adam Johann von Krusenstern, a Baltic German who was the first Russian national to circumnavigate the globe.