Baranof (Russian America)

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Baranof Governorate
Барановская губерния
Timeline: Russian America
OTL equivalent: Parts of British Columbia, Idaho,
Montana, and Washington.
(See: Lincoln)

Governorate of Alaska Flag Coat of Arms Location of Baranof in Alaska
Capital	Moscow-on-Zmeyka
Largest City	Novospokansk
Language   Official	Russian (de facto)
Others	English, Polish, Ukrainian
Religion   Main	Eastern Orthodox
Others	Catholics, Mormons, Protestants
Ethnic Groups   Main	Russians and Ukrainians
Others	English, Poles, Romanians
Demonym	• Baranovians (en) • Барановчане (ru)
Area	203,106 sq vrs (231,147 km2 • 89,247 sq mi)
Population	3,963,320
Established	~1945
Admission	~1945
Time Zone	VAPV (UTC−08:00)
Summer	VALV (UTC−07:00)
Abbreviations	• AK-BA (ISO 3166-2) • АЛЯ-БАР (GOST 7.67)

The Baranof Governorate (Russian: Барвновская губерния, romanized: Baranovskaya guberniya), colloquially known as Baranof (Баранов, Baranov), is a governorates of the Alaskan Democratic Federative Republic. The governorate is bordered by Borealia and the United States (via Absaroka and Chippewa) in the east; Oregon and Shoshone in the south; and Columbia and New Caledonia in the west. Yelizavetpol is the gubernial center while Novospokansk is the most populous city.

Etymology

The governorate was named after Aleksandr Baranov, who's regarded as a founding father of Alaska.