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title: "Why did Russia sell Alaska to the USA? What would be the situation if Russia still owned Alaska today?"  
description: "Why did Russia sell Alaska to the USA? What would be the situation if Russia still owned Alaska today?"  
author: "Andy Simon"  
published: 2018-03-10  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39070/why-did-russia-sell-alaska-to-the-usa-what-would-be-the-situation-if-russia-still-owned-alaska-today  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["history of russia"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why did Russia sell Alaska to the USA? What would be the situation if Russia still owned Alaska today?

Why did [Russia](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34982/does-russia-become-a-u-s-ally) [sell](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/audio/1213/b2b-transactions-how-businesses-buy-and-sell-to-each-other) Alaska to the [USA](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/111806/what-are-common-leisure-activities-in-the-usa)? What would be the [situation if](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50249/you-are-having-the-problem-of-not-being-able-to-uninstall-a-program-because-the-uninstall-log-is-not-there-what-can-be-done-in-this-situation-if-the-operating-system-of-your-computer-is-windows-xp) Russia still owned Alaska today?

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