Russia’s Big Diomede Island is about 25 miles from Alaska, and thus the continental U.S. As Earth Observatory reader Jim Andersen commented on a NASA blog: “When you look at the Big Diomede ...

The average distance between Alaska and Russia's mainland is about 50 miles. By Charles Creitz Fox News. Published March 11, 2022 9:41am EST. Facebook Twitter; Flipboard ...

The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867 and later made the territory the 49th state. A new report from a Russian lawmaker suggests Russia could “reclaim” the territory.

Life in Diomede, Alaska, is unlike anywhere else in the United States. Just 2.4 miles from Russia's Big Diomede Island, the city of 83 people can see the border from the shore.