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Russian-American relations
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The Surprising Story Behind When Did the US Purchase Alaska
Yet the story predates the ink-drying moment. Russia’s empire in North America had been crumbling since the 1840s, its fur-trading colonies in Alaska...
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The Hidden Story Behind When Did the U.S. Purchase Alaska
What few realized in 1867 was that Russia’s decision to sell was driven by a crisis of its own—a crumbling empire, military defeats, and the inability to...