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'Black smoke over the Russia's Consulate building signifies that the Russians have not yet settled on the candidacy of the next US president'

Pikabu, 2 September, 2017

Historic

 * Fort Ross, California (1812-1842)
 * Russian Navy arrives to New York and San Francisco (1863)
 * NY Times: ''Simultaneously, Rear Admiral Andrei Popov received orders to lead Russia’s Pacific squadron to San Francisco. By the end of October 1863, the Bogatir, Kalevala, Rinda, Abrek, and Gaidamak were safely anchored in San Francisco Bay. The new arrivals immediately endeared themselves to San Franciscans when they helped put out a major fire in the center of the city. Like his counterpart in New York, Popov was to “be strictly neutral” unless Confederate raiders were to threaten the civilian population.
 * Some say, This presence deters the opportunistic French and English from interfering in the war.
 * October 23, 1863 San Francisco Fire receives assistance of Russian officers and sailors (2017, Zakharova makes a case)