Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. About the Authors ix
4. Editor’s Preface xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction xv
7. Chapter One Husband and Wife 1
8. Chapter Two A Global Business 7
9. Chapter Three Help from Demidov 19
10. Chapter Four Difficulties and Death 43
11. Chapter Five Natalia Takes Control 79
12. Chapter Six Last Struggles 135
13. Appendices Vital Records 159
14. Birth and Death Dates of the Shelikhovs’ Children 164
15. Family Heirs: Detailed Narrative 165
16. List of Names 178
17. G. I. Shelikhov’s Houses in Irkutsk 186
18. Notes 193
19. Selected Bibliography 215
20. Index 223