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  2. Alaska Purchase - Wikipedia

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    The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire by the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million in 2023) [1].On May 15 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.

  3. Russian colonization of North America - Wikipedia

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    Pavel headed back to Russia in October with news of the land they had found. In November, Bering's ship was wrecked on Bering Island. There Bering fell ill and died, and high winds dashed the Sv. Petr to pieces. After the stranded crew wintered on the island, the survivors built a boat from the wreckage and set sail for Russia in August 1742.

  4. History of Alaska - Wikipedia

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    The history of Alaska dates back to the Upper Paleolithic period (around 14,000 BC), when foraging groups crossed the Bering land bridge into what is now western Alaska. At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers , the area was populated by Alaska Native groups.

  5. Russian Politicians Want To ‘Take Back’ Alaska, Which Seems ...

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    Russia’s defeat in Alaska would be as humiliating as its attack on Ukraine, occurring in only a fraction the time. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...

  6. Russian Empire–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    The road to Teheran: the story of Russia and America, 1781-1943 (1945) online; Fremon, David K. The Alaska Purchase in American history (1999) for secondary schools online; Golder, Frank A. "The American Civil War Through the Eyes of A Russian Diplomat" American Historical Review 26#3 (1921), pp. 454–463 online, about ambassador Stoeckl

  7. USSR–USA Maritime Boundary Agreement - Wikipedia

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    In general concept, the 1990 line is based on the 1867 United States – Russia Convention providing for the US purchase of Alaska. From the point, 65° 30' N, 168° 58' 37" W the maritime boundary extends north along the 168° 58' 37" W meridian through the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea into the Arctic Ocean as far as permitted under ...

  8. Biden tells Americans freed from Russian detention ... - AOL

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    Biden took a moment to describe the three American citizens and one legal permanent U.S. resident being brought back to the U.S. He said each was arrested, convicted and sentenced by Russian ...

  9. Alaska boundary dispute - Wikipedia

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    The United States bought Alaska in 1867 from Russia in the Alaska Purchase, but the boundary terms were ambiguous. In 1871, British Columbia united with the new Dominion of Canada. The Canadian government requested a survey of the boundary, but the United States rejected it as too costly; the border area was very remote and sparsely settled ...