alaska

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Did you know that there was a Russian fortress in… California?!

NASA; Nzeemin (CC BY-SA)

The ‘Glory of Russia’ is… in the United States! Wait, what!?

Kira Lisitskaya (Photo: Werner Forman Archive, Bilderbox /Global Look Press; Unsplash)

Did Russia ever get paid for Alaska?

Anton Afanasev

ALSIB: What the Lend-Lease airports look like today (PHOTOS)

Natalya Nosova

Playing out Russian history: Russia selling Alaska to the U.S.

Legion Media, Russia Beyond

How the first Governor of Russian America ruled Alaska

Legion Media

The U.S. lies a mere 60 miles away from this Russian village (PHOTOS)

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Why did Russia sell Alaska to the United States?

Yuri Smityuk/TASS

You can see Alaska from this EERIE ABANDONED village in Russia’s Chukotka (PHOTOS)