Few realize that Russia established colonies in North America. But it's a fact that in the mid-18th century, Russia had begun encroaching into Alaskan territory. Eventually, the Russian Empire ...

You've no doubt heard the saying, "The sun never sets on the British Empire." This was true, until the 1920s when colonialism ...

The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia in March 1867 for $7.2 million in the aftermath of Russia's humiliating defeat at the hands of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire during the Crimean War.

Here's a map of New Russia: Wikimedia Commons The vast Russian empire peaked in 1866, when it included Ukraine, Finland, Alaska, Belarus, and others.

An undated photo of the The United States check for $7,200,000 (or about $125 million in 2017 dollars ) to buy Alaska from Russia in 1867. (National Archives) ...

This summer, an expedition of Russian adventurers arrived in Dillingham to retrace an historic route taken by Russian explorers in 1830, when Alaska was under the control of the Russian Empire.

TATITLEK, Alaska — Steve Totemoff keeps faith alive in this tiny Alaskan village -- the Russian Orthodox faith. Totemoff, a native Aleut, keeps the faith when he caulks, paints, or replaces the ...

The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million in 1867. "The Congress of Vienna [of 1814-1815] conceded that Warsaw belongs to the Russian Empire. The Congress of Vienna conceded that ...

The State Department on Monday brushed off reports of Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his government to look into the nation’s former “real estate” abroad, saying Alaska would be ...