The first Chief Manager of the RAC, Alexander Baranov, negotiated with the Sitka Tlingit to establish a small trading post 7 miles north of present-day Sitka in 1799. The Russians quickly took advantage of Tlingit hospitality and in place of a small trading post the RAC established Fort (or Redoubt) Saint Michael, known today as Old Sitka. The Fort housed multiple buildings, large defensive fortifications, a warehouse to store firs, and a barracks to house the garrison. In response, the Sitka Tlingit attacked and destroyed the Russian fort in 1802.