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 ...
Russia had decided to sell Alaska, but the question was: how would America buy it? At the time, most Americans couldn't ...
In fact, William H. Seward was ridiculed by some for signing ... his decision to push for the purchase of Alaska from Russia has been vindicated a thousand times over. For just £5.8m, America ...
The prevailing narrative of the Alaska purchase, pushed in history textbooks for decades, doesn’t reflect public opinion at the time more than 150 years ago.