The United States purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million, securing access to the Pacific northern rim and ending Russian presence in North America.

A brief history of how Alaska became part of the United States: Russia sold it in 1867 for $7.2 million, a deal considered to ...

Portland Daily Oregonian, April 2, 1867 "The purchase by our Government of the Russian North American Possessions is the most valuable acquisition of territory obtained by the United States since ...

From 1741 until Alaska was sold to the United States in 1867, the Russian empire claimed territory and peoples in North America. In this book, Ilya Vinkovetsky examines how Russia governed its only ...

Elon Musk posted a video on X that talks about the geographical proximity of Russia and the United States, TASS reports Photo: ...