The 150th anniversary of the U.S. takeover of Alaska may or may not be a time of celebration, but it should be a time for reconciliation.

Did Putin Declare the 1867 Sale of Alaska to the US 'Illegal' in January 2024? "Well, the Russian pacific fleet didn’t get the invite to Ukraine and they’re getting pretty bored," one Reddit ...

On this day in 1867, the United States took possession of Alaska from Russia after purchasing the territory for $7.2 million, or less than two cents an acre.

Talk of a takeover of Greenland may seem fanciful. But it wouldn’t be the first time the U.S. was able to procure a piece of the Arctic. The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s interest in buying Greenland mirrors the U.S. acquisition of Alaska in 1867 for $7.2 million. While the Alaska deal faced criticism, it proved successful after the ...

The sale of Alaska to the United States triggered a good deal of editorializing on the part of newspaper writers in America and elsewhere. Following are extracts from five publications that show a ...

Talk of a takeover of Greenland may seem fanciful. But it wouldn’t be the first time the U.S. was able to procure a piece of the Arctic. The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the ...

The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the US 150 years ago is actually 2 tales and 2 intertwining histories.