because they liked cold weather
this is WRONG! ^^^^^
it is because the Russians thought Alaska was a naturaul resource and could turn it into econmic profit. They got sea otter skin, furs, and oster. They sold these items to the Chinease for items.
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Its first non Native American settelers were Russians.
Yes. The Russians offered to sell Alaska in 1854. Then William Seward bought Alaska in 1867 for 2 cents an acre.
After they realized they had sold it for such a low price then yes they did. Russia sold Alaska to America in 1867 for 7.2 million dollars.
Inuits founded Alaska, Russians chased Inuits away with a thing called fire, Russians found they couldn't get acess easily to the national vodka trade so they sold it to America, and because America is so awesome we found gold and oil in a land where the Russians were too hungover to look. Palin governed there, Japan invaded there, Putin visited his bear cousins there.
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Alaska was explored by native tribes and later Russians.
Well before America bought Alaska,Alaska was owned by the Russians,but America talked and talked with the Russians (the Alaskan Purchase) and they made a decision,America bought Alaska from the Russians for $7.2 million.
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The Russians first came to Alaska in 1741 led by Vitus Bering. They established fur trading posts along the coast in the 18th century. In 1867, Russia sold Alaska to the United States in the Alaska Purchase.
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Alaska was purchased from the Russians for 7.2 million dollars in 1867.