Such a lack of interest is that much more astonishing when you realize that Russia, in Alaska, colonized nearly 20 percent of the U.S. itself — a larger land-mass than the size of the 13 British ...

Russia "offered to sell Alaska to the United States in 1859, believing the United States would off-set the designs of Russia’s greatest rival in the Pacific, ...

The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia in March 1867 for $7.2 million in the aftermath of Russia's humiliating defeat at the hands of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire during the Crimean War.

He wrote a 632-page book, Agrafena’s Children, that documents the history of the Russian-Alaska native families of the area. And he launched into the project with Kibrik and Bergelson.

The U.S. purchased the territory of Alaska from Russia on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million. Although the purchase soon proved to be an exceptional value, the deal was criticized at the time as ...

Russia’s defeat in Alaska would be as humiliating as its attack on Ukraine, occurring in only a fraction the time. Alaska, at 655,000 square miles, is nearly three times as large as Ukraine.

China, Russia send 11 military vessels near Alaska, U.S. responds with 4 Navy destroyers 01:32. Four Russian military planes were detected and tracked off the coast of Alaska, the North American ...

China, Russia send 11 military vessels near Alaska, U.S. responds with 4 Navy destroyers 01:32. Russian warplanes were detected flying off the coast of Alaska and tracked by the U.S. military, the ...