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The tale of how and why Russia ceded its control over Alaska to the U.S. 150 years ago is actually two tales and two intertwining histories.

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Those crazy Russians are at it again. In 2022, Russia made itself the laughing stock of the civilized world by suggesting a restoration of its former territories. Jump ahead to Jan. 19, 2024, when Russia’s state-owned newspaper TASS reported Russia was going to allocate funds that would ensure legal protection for property of the former Soviet Union and the Tsarist Regime.

A refurbishing effort will breathe new life into Anchorage’s oldest standing building, a simple Russian Orthodox log church dating from the era of Russia’s colonization of Alaska. The church features

A refurbishing effort will breathe new life into Anchorage’s oldest standing building, a simple Russian Orthodox log church dating from the era of Russia’s colonization of Alaska. The church features

A refurbishing effort will breathe new life into Anchorage’s oldest standing building, a simple Russian Orthodox log church dating from the era of Russia’s colonization of Alaska. The church features

EKLUTNA, Alaska (AP) — The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaskas biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious ic

EKLUTNA, Alaska (AP) — The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska's biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious icons gifted by Romanov czars, panels of oil paintings and jewel-studded incense burners. But outside the hand-hewn log sanctuary, dozens of miniature Alaska Native spirit houses sit by aging gravesites alongside Orthodox crosses poking from the cemetery grounds.

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Europeans first saw the Pacific Ocean in 1513, when the Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa walked across the Isthmus of Panama, saw a calm sea stretching to the west,