The windmill was based on blueprints from one like it built by Russian settlers at Fort Ross nearly 200 years ago.

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Vekselberg established the Renova Fort Ross Foundation in the U.S. in 2010 to support Fort Ross, which is a state historic park.

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This year we together celebrate the 200th anniversary of Fort Ross in California, which was founded by Russian settlers and underscores the historic ties between our countries.

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Earlier Thursday in a ceremony at Fort Ross, which is on the coastline about 90 miles north of San Francisco, Vekselberg unveiled a windmill that was built by one of his companies in Russia and re-assembled on site.

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The schools are Borrodale on Skye, Achaphuibil near Fort William, Achnasheen in Wester Ross and Glenborrodale in Ardnamurchan.

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- "Teflon Don" rapper Rick Ross crashed his silver Rolls Royce into an apartment building after he heard gunfire along a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, street Monday morning, police said.

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Ross's original drawings for the course, extensively annotated in his hand, are preserved in the Fort Bragg archives.

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