PoliticalUnited States·Unpinned18 Oct 2026
The 1867 sale of Alaska and its strategic importance to the United States
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In 1867, the Russian Empire sold the 600,000-square-mile territory of Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million in gold. The sale was driven by Russia's need to offload a remote, expensive colony that it feared would be seized by Britain during a potential conflict, as well as the depletion of sea-otter resources that had previously fueled the…
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