These are tough times for Alaska’s fishermen — and Russia is a primary cause. During his recent confirmation hearing, ...

Since 1867, when the United States purchased the colony of Alaska from Russia, fortune-seekers had ... settled in the interior, creating cities near gold strikes, including Nome and Fairbanks.

Cities would finally arise out of villages." N. P. Rumyantsev, Russian Minister of Commerce, reporting in 1803 on the prospects for Russian growth in Alaska. "I have traveled on snow shoes ...

TASS/. Thursday March 30 marks the 150 anniversary of the signing of the Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America (the Alaska Purchase) by his Majesty the Emperor ...

Russia plans to build the world's longest undersea tunnel, a 64-mile transport & pipeline link that would run from Siberia to Alaska and supply the United States with oil, natural gas and ...