Over the course of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Russian officials have threatened to reclaim Alaska, which the U.S. bought for $7.2 million from Russia in 1867, such as Vyacheslav Volodin ...

How and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the United States 150 years ago is actually two tales and two ...

In 1867, the US purchased Alaska from Russia for just USD 7.2 million! But did you know this wasn’t just a simple deal? It’s a story of politics, power struggles, and a nation’s ambitions.

The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia in 1867. To mark the 150th anniversary of the sale in 2017, we asked William L. Iggiagruk Hensley, a visiting professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage ...