Q: Why did Russia sell Alaska to us?
C: Good Question!
A: The Russian Empire discovered Alaska somewhere in the 1800's. At this particular time, every country in the world was extremely poor and had harsh challenges like, exploring new worlds, finding new supplies, and did not even good enough technologies. The world struggled from the Roman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire. The Russians suffered deeply from this. So, they sold Alaska to the Americans to gain more richness in their country. Today, Russia's land expansion is two to three times larger than America. Which leads them to the wealthiest country in the world. America and China are tied up with each other today. Russia has a poor economy still, because of their government. Their government overtakes thousands of homes and houses today. Russia has a harsh government in the past decade.
Many people, at the time, thought that it was a stupid decision on Secretary of State William H. Seward's part, which started the name Seward's Folly. His idea, though, was when Alaska was purchased, it would lead to being able to expand the US borders even wider by allowing the US to take over get Canada, too.
Russia did not give Alaska to the US. Alaska's location was the most eastern part of their huge nation. Alaska was a large cold place, parts of it were above the Arctic Circle. Secretary Seward negotiated a good deal with the Russians to buy Alaska for about $7.2 million. Many Americans laughed at the idea of purchasing this "albatross", however it turned out to be a great deal for the US.
Alaska was bought from Russia.
Before Canada existed as a nation, Alaska was owned by Russia. Russia then sold Alaska to the United States.
Alaska - Western Russia is just across the Bering Strait.
There was no point in time where Alaska gained independence. The United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867, and it became a territory of the US. On January 3, 1959, Alaska was granted statehood.
Secretary of State, he bought Alaska from Russia.
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.
Increase the territory of the united States (AT&T)
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.