Alaska is not in a Canadian province; it is an American state.
A Russian Colony.
Its first non Native American settelers were Russians.
The Russian American Magazin (Russian word meaning "store"), a National Historic Landmark building that houses the Baranov Museum in Kodiak, Alaska. The building was constructed in 1808 by the Russian-American Company and has three distinctions: it is the oldest building in Alaska, it is one of only four remaining Russian-era structures in the United States, and it is the earliest documented log building on the west coast.
if you are from Alaska you are called alyeskians
It was operated as a commercial venture by the Russian-American Company.
He was a Russian called Yuri Gagarin from the USSR.
It was purchased in 1867 as means of clearing Russian American Colonial claims in the Oregon Territory.
Alaska
Vitus Bering discovered Alaska, however, US Secretary Seward purchased Alaska under president Lincoln, often called Seward's Folly Alaska was purchased for a penny an acre.
Alaska was called Seward's Folly.
Alaska became a US state 83 years after the first Russian explorer visited Alaska. Alaska was sold to the US in 1867.