Q: Who convinced Russia to sell Alaska to the U.S.A? C: Easy question to answer A: Themselves
No he negotiated Alaska's purchase from Russia.
No, Alaska was bought from Russia in 1867
In 1867.
No, Russia sold it to USA.
Yes. The Russians offered to sell Alaska in 1854. Then William Seward bought Alaska in 1867 for 2 cents an acre.
William Howard Seward.
Canada didn't sell it to the US; Russia did. Canada owned it first, then Russia, now the US. Russia found it useless and hard to get to because of the water body that separated it from Russia.
Russia economy was going down so they had to sell it to make more money and they got their country expanded and now it is the biggest country in the world
The US purchased Alaska, the Alaska Purchase, in 1867. It was bought by the US because Russia wanted to sell it fearing it would be seized if was broke out with Britain.
No. But Russia owned Alaska.
Russia is directly west of Alaska. There is the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia.