Tracing Alaska’s Russian Heritage From onion domes to tsarist-era Russian dialects, evidence of the Russian colonialism remains ...

In Alaska, Russian colonizers adopted a specific policy of trying to “subdue [Alaska Natives] into citizenship of the Russian Empire” — an identical policy currently playing out in Ukraine.

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.

A detail of William Dall’s 1870 Alaska map, from “Alaska and its Resources.” ...

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 ...

Russia State Duma Deputy Andrey Gurulyov recently threatened to attack Alaska with an array of different missile strikes. While appearing on Russian state-run TV, Gurulyov, host Olga Skabeyeva and ...

The Russian empire arrived in Alaska in 1741 with the voyage of explorer Vitus Bering, for whom the Bering Strait is named.

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… ...

The governor of Alaska, Mike Dunleavy, reacted on Twitter by stating "to the Russian politicians who believe they can take back Alaska: Good luck." The Russian Empire was the first to actively ...

The vast Russian empire peaked in 1866, when it included Ukraine, Finland, Alaska, Belarus, and others. Putin dismissed a question about reclaiming Alaska in the TV interview, saying: "What would ...