Introduction / S. Frederick Starr -- The discovery of Russian America / B. P. Polevoi -- Russian expansion in Siberia and America : critical contrasts / James R. Gibson -- The Russian American Company ...

All eyes are on Alaska ahead of President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting there on Friday. We revisit the history of Russia’s sale of the Alaskan territory to the U.S.. NPR’s Greg ...

Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s, leaving the country deep in debt. To ease that burden, Russia cut a real estate deal with the U.S. government, selling its colony of Alaska to the Americans.

Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s. To pay off war debts, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. Now, Presidents Trump and Putin will meet Friday in... Alaska was once a full-fledged Russian colony. Now ...