Pokrovskaya
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Pokrovskaya, Alaska
Покровская | |
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Unincorporated township | |
| Pokrovskaya Township | |
 Russian Mission Church, c.1911 | |
| Established | 1837 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ivan Kasilov |
| Population (1930) | |
| • Unincorporated township | 1,829 |
| • Urban | TBD |
| Time zone | UTCUTC-9 (Alaska) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTCUTC-8 (Alaska) |
Pokrovskaya (Russian: Покровская; Central Yupik: Iqugmiut) is an unincorporated township in the Governorate of Alaska. The sale of alcohol is prohibited in the town.
History
The first Russian-American Company fur trading post on the Yukon River was established here in 1837. The settlement was recorded as a Cup'ik village called "Ikogmiut," meaning "people of the point," in 1842 by the Imperial Russian Navy explorer Lavrenty Zagoskin.
The first Russian Orthodox mission in Interior Alaska was established here in 1851 by the Aleut priest Jacob Netsvetov. The mission was called "Pokrovskaya Mission," and the village name was simplified to Pokroskaya around 1900.
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