U.S. President Donald Trump has mentioned Alaska dozens of times on his Truth Social platform, but there is no evidence he ...

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

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 ...

The sale of Alaska to the United States triggered a good ... Chicago Evening Journal, April 1, 1867 "The paltry sum of $7,000,000 for a country nearly eight times as large as this state [Illinois ...

There’s a remote island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean that most people have never heard of. Once part of the Russian ...

Florida" because of the chilly ice cream that's cold like Alaska (likely inspired by the 1867 purchase) and warm toasted meringue that's hot like Florida. His rendition and clever name stuck when ...

President Trump aims to acquire Greenland, potentially the most significant acquisition since Alaska in 1867, due to its strategic and resource-rich value. Greenland, the world's largest non ...

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 ...

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