Heck no, it’s 58 degrees in LA rn and I’m cold. I’d die there.
@alexsandrasky
4 жыл бұрын
Was born in Alaska and still live in Alaska
@KP-go5vj
4 жыл бұрын
I work in Alaskas oil field, was -47 last week, this place isnt for everyone.
@kixigvak
3 жыл бұрын
I live in Alaska. I can't believe how many Americans don't know it's part of the USA. I run into American tourists who think they're in a foreign country.
@TheAzerigagash
3 жыл бұрын
Maaannn i cant curb my hysteria lol Are you joking?
@AJNpa80
3 жыл бұрын
Well they say 11% of our countrymen think HTML is an STD.
@societydisorder3864
3 жыл бұрын
I think you mean we could care less about Alaska
@jameswarren2894
3 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 morons... I’ve known Alaska was part of the USA since in grade school. A lot of people think the same about Hawaii too
@mrmookypooky
3 жыл бұрын
@@jameswarren2894 people are dumb AF. not much you can do but laugh sometimes at the raw dumbness displayed.
@jimevans4582
4 жыл бұрын
Seward's folly became one of the best investments the U S ever made.
@sussekind9717
4 жыл бұрын
Just the copper reserves alone...
@funky-puppet
4 жыл бұрын
Sure as hell was.
@davidbrandel1311
4 жыл бұрын
jim evans At about the same time in U. S. history President James Buchanan attempted to buy Cuba, but Congress refuses to appropriate the money. Can you imagine if that had gone through?
@crepesoftime
4 жыл бұрын
@@davidbrandel1311 Actually, Cuba was once a territory of the US, acquired after the Spanish American War in 1898. The Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico were also acquired. Of course, the US only holds on to Puerto Rico and Guam today.
@apefromthekitchen
4 жыл бұрын
@@crepesoftime Colony’s
@StevenTorrey
4 жыл бұрын
If anyone can survive Siberia, they can survive Alaska!
@Blackknight1212
4 жыл бұрын
Apparently not.
@robertanderson49
4 жыл бұрын
I have served Alaska for 14 years
@robertanderson49
4 жыл бұрын
M C I have survived Alsska for. 14 years
@DarkKnight-ow7fd
3 жыл бұрын
@Draggy654 IDIOT
@suiadan_4283
3 жыл бұрын
The rest of Russia was so far away and always involved with wars and rebellions on the western side of the country, that it would take too long and too much effort to effectively establish everything needed in Alaska. Mainland Russia survives because it’s already established, and everything is interconnected by land. Alaska is across possibly the most unforgiving stretch of water in the world. Once you get over there, there’s no going back and getting more resources.
@r-junkky9967
4 жыл бұрын
The discovery of the Klondike gold in Alaska. America: We struck gold! Russia: BLYAT!!!
@GhostOfKotori
3 жыл бұрын
Second ending to your comment: The discovery of Klondike gold in Alaska. America: We struck gold! Russia: *Raises an eyebrow* We? *Soviet anthem begins playing in the backround*
@melekhin84
3 жыл бұрын
Very смешно
@antisoviet6786
3 жыл бұрын
@@melekhin84 True! 2 cents /acre is ridiculous;-))
@markpatterson5250
3 жыл бұрын
Perhaps you didn't know, but the Klondike is in the Yukon Territory of Canada, not Alaska.
@brentonburbank4320
3 жыл бұрын
@@markpatterson5250 I was going to say that
@frikkiethirion8053
3 жыл бұрын
1:30 Gotta love that you show the long way around from Russia to Alaska.
@mia-danielbester1199
3 жыл бұрын
LOL exactly what I thought. Yet Alaska literally borders Russia by land
@blushihtzu
3 жыл бұрын
This further proves that the earth is flat. The cut off is somewhere between Alaska and Russia.
@ant9072
3 жыл бұрын
@@blushihtzu except I have seen russia from Alaska. Sorry to burst your bubble.
@americanalligator1284
3 жыл бұрын
@@mia-danielbester1199 "Alaska literally borders Russia by land" The Bering Strait begs to differ.
@Mr.Ramirez95
3 жыл бұрын
He said Moscow to Alaska.
@WWTormentor
3 жыл бұрын
Alaska and the Louisiana purchase were two of the best financial decisions/investments made by the US
@ilyavolkov2556
3 жыл бұрын
apparently in the Russian contract is says that it was rented out for 100 years. not sure if it's true
@jabezsayson1185
3 жыл бұрын
@Michael Miller You really have to bring up politics
@brentonburbank4320
3 жыл бұрын
@@ilyavolkov2556 that's not true
@reyesduarte6881
3 жыл бұрын
@Michael Miller Awwwww you still mad Biden won???
@bosemjeans9821
3 жыл бұрын
don’t forget California too
@str1fe192
3 жыл бұрын
Some things politicians say is just... "If russia still had Alaska geopolitical situation would be different" It's like saying something while saying nothing at the same time.
@JK-gu3tl
3 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine the Soviet Union being that close? Yikes
@lisashhotwife2732
3 жыл бұрын
I like eating pie in my room
@kennywebb3196
3 жыл бұрын
Hence your first sentence
@coconutjuice7777777
3 жыл бұрын
America could have taken it by force when gold was found. It would have been hard for Russia to defend.
@vasinik
3 жыл бұрын
@@coconutjuice7777777 bullshit, Russia would not let it go easily
@lewisdoherty7621
4 жыл бұрын
The reason is simple. Selling it to the U.S., a country which had just gone through the Civil War and was in no position to threaten the Russians was far better than the British moving in next door. While Canada was given independence by Britain, it sided in all wars with Britain and was intimately tied to it. The reason the Russian Empire used a rail gauge bigger than the dominant European rail gauge was to help prevent invasion into the Russian Empire. It would work against the Russian Empire if it wished to invade outward. The military and political analysts had concluded Russia had as much as it can dominate. It's problem was keeping what it had. Further, finding gold and other valuable resources later would have done no good if the territory couldn't be held against an invasion. Finding valuable resources in Alaska would probably only spark an attempt to take Alaska from the Russians. Americans and Canadians would have flooded into the territory and the Russian population was located mostly toward Europe with the Trans-Siberian Railway only beginning to be built in 1891 to Vladivastock. After Vladivastock, a voyage would be required. Much of Siberia had not been colonized/exploited at that time and still has not been.
@olliefoxx7165
4 жыл бұрын
Very well put. Good analysis.
@francfurian8215
4 жыл бұрын
I’m not sure if you’re right or wrong but it sounds good & makes sense😊
@tomh5753
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you should be on a different website. You tube is for knuckle draggers like me😁
@stakknation123
4 жыл бұрын
Great explanation!
@ppumpkin3282
3 жыл бұрын
This makes more sense to me than the explanation in the video. Although, I don't know how the rail gauge is relevant here.
@murthredrum5667
3 жыл бұрын
Thousand’s of miles away?You can see Russia from Alaska! 55 miles away.
@VagaBumAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
He said from Moscow.
@lauraelizabethbrown
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. Sarah Palin can see Russia from her house!!
@rafaelramirez1507
Жыл бұрын
Wow , I learned that from school that Alaska was a state in America , as a matter of fact I believe that both Alaska and Hawaii became states in the same year (1959)
@stevenevert9162
3 жыл бұрын
One of the Absolute Best times of my life were the 2yrs I lived in Alaska. The beauty of the landscape combined with the People living there are experiences I'll treasure for the rest of my life.
@erickhanes7517
3 жыл бұрын
Why would you leave move your ass back lol
@stevenevert9162
3 жыл бұрын
@@erickhanes7517 unfortunately life kept me here. I'm hoping that after my youngest son graduates HS that I can pull up stakes n head back.
@M3RCx
3 жыл бұрын
@@stevenevert9162 how is it there? Any chance I can isolate there make some bank for a few years and go back to ny lmao
@stevenevert9162
3 жыл бұрын
@@M3RCx For scenery there's no place that compares with AK. At least not in my travels. For starting out it helps to have a couple of bucks in Your pocket n the younger You are the better. The weather is funny, the summer temperatures may seem low in comparison to most other places. But the humidity makes up for it. I always hated whenever someone says but it's a dry heat, cold is cold! It's a Great place to visit n even better to live there. And You can bank some serious cash if You're willing to work. Good Luck!
@M3RCx
3 жыл бұрын
@@stevenevert9162 ye I’m 21 tryna do some adventurous shit and get away from the noise at the same time. Is there some type of work you recommend I’ll do almost anything.. pause, but yea I gotta do more research
@robertphillips6296
4 жыл бұрын
We bought it fair and square, no redos.
@AudieHolland
4 жыл бұрын
LOL, that's no guarantee for the future. If, in a century or two, some other powerful nation decides it would be a good idea to invade and the USA's armed forces are no longer as big and expensive as they are today, who knows what may happen. You didn't exactly buy most of the land that belongs to the US of A. Your ancestors conquered it. Who says that won't happen again in the future?
@chachi_luna
4 жыл бұрын
AudieHolland you take KZitem comments toooo seriously
@thedevilsadvocate886
4 жыл бұрын
@@AudieHolland the second amendment 😉🔫
@AudieHolland
4 жыл бұрын
@@thedevilsadvocate886 Sure. I'd treasure it too if I were American. If a foreign enemy army invades my country, I'd like to be able to resist with my arms. And with arms. We have no bears though.
@randygreenfield4312
4 жыл бұрын
Robert Phillips NOTHING the U.S does is fair and square
@fatiguee4279
3 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful, serene, and magical place I have ever seen. Planning to move there in a few years.
@robertschlesinger1342
4 жыл бұрын
Very true account of the sale of Alaska by Russia to the United States. Some old maps show the Pacific Northwest of the continental U.S. as Russian America.
@aloisschicklgruber9807
3 жыл бұрын
Hawaii too. For a While. The Russian Orthodox Church has had a presence in Hawaii possibly predating Captain Cook, and a Russian fort was emplaced there in 1815. While the Russians didn't stay, they maintained cordial relations with the Hawaiian Kings. The fort lasted until 1852 and was dismantled in 1863.
@BraulioMontelongo
3 жыл бұрын
I love my state of Alaska! left Texas forever and bought my first home here in Wasilla! No Regrets!
@internet_internet
3 жыл бұрын
Why did you decide to leave Texas initially?
@BraulioMontelongo
3 жыл бұрын
@@internet_internet too hot and it was becoming California in Austin.
@internet_internet
3 жыл бұрын
@@BraulioMontelongo Dude, I’m also from Austin. 7-8th generation. I hear you! 95% + of the wildlife in our area is now completely gone.
@Antonio18677
3 жыл бұрын
@@BraulioMontelongo Texas in general sucks so does Alaska but I guess there’s not much in between
@tommoore2012
Жыл бұрын
@@Antonio18677 Everywhere sucks when you think about it.
@YouVSMeTV
4 жыл бұрын
Poor otters.
@yakusimeonoff6265
3 жыл бұрын
poor natives that were slaughtered and repressed for decades
@YouVSMeTV
3 жыл бұрын
@@yakusimeonoff6265 yeah, that too. 🙄
@yakusimeonoff6265
3 жыл бұрын
@@YouVSMeTV yeah I hate how history class just casually glosses over the various genocides that whipped out the Indians especially in South America where they killed 99 percent of the population and left south America a shit hole for centuries to come
@bhargavchavda1478
3 жыл бұрын
@@yakusimeonoff6265 True
@davidacosta9158
3 жыл бұрын
@@yakusimeonoff6265 that false, you can see high native american genetics in south american countries like Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, the only place where they almost kill all native american were in north america
@jabber1990
4 жыл бұрын
Alaska: exists Russia: "its free real estate"
@nigelboyle3526
3 жыл бұрын
Not really, we showed them when we burned their trading posts down haha
@ricoramirez4678
3 жыл бұрын
Lived & worked there for 5 years... very beautiful, job was good. I enjoyed my time there. Lived in Kenai down by the beach.
@kitrichardson5573
4 жыл бұрын
Interesting that there were 800 Russians in Alaska almost all of them living in three small hamlets, yet they claimed hundreds of thousands of miles of territory based on this occupancy - territory which had many thousands of natives who had been living there for generations. I doubt that 99% of the state even knew the Russians were there or that they had been sold.
@scottb4579
4 жыл бұрын
The rule has always been if you can't defend it, you can't have it. Not saying that's the right or moral way to go. Just the way it's been. That's why Germany occupied France in June 1940.
@scottb4579
4 жыл бұрын
@Jomama Well, they also know how to make cheese.
@jiffyyoyo6253
Жыл бұрын
Even though Alaska was purchased by the U. S from the Russians in the 1,800s, I still considered Russian.
@ToxicStranger123
Жыл бұрын
@@jiffyyoyo6253 LOl, you foolish creature, you can never deny the real fact. haha 😅😅🤣🤣😛😛
@kixigvak
Жыл бұрын
@@jiffyyoyo6253 An American senator at the time said since the Alaska Natives were "Russians" they should go back to Russia.
@jennifermrs7604
3 жыл бұрын
When I'm with you I feel sure you make me feel the luckiest woman man in the world, your expert trading little face inspires me and your words drive me crazy.
@blessingsgift9040
3 жыл бұрын
Miss Caroline. You are always willing to teach me new things in life without complaining or maybe scolding me for my mistakes since, you always want the best for me.
@goodnew644
3 жыл бұрын
I've lost my money since last week ago the scammers scam me $5000 just like that and Mrs Caroline help me out and recover my money
@cleverrobinson5038
3 жыл бұрын
Please have seen the recommendation of Mrs Caroline can I have the contact right now please
@juniorfrank8000
3 жыл бұрын
Chat her up She have been in this business for 25 years now
@skynethell6754
3 жыл бұрын
You don't need to stress yourself she will help you for everything you do it just that you will use your credit card and buy a bitcoins
@sussekind9717
4 жыл бұрын
Along with the Louisiana purchase, they were the best deals the USA ever made. If they had made a few deals south of the current US (And there were plenty of opportunities back in the 1800s), they could have gained possession of most of present day Mexico as well.
@SamC379
4 жыл бұрын
We did have possession of Mexico after the war with them The U.S. biggest mistake was giving it back
@ronbaker3677
4 жыл бұрын
Giving Mexico back to the Mexicans is just another example of how terrible the US really is, with us giving Japan and Germany back also. How terrible- I mean, who does that? We do
@SamC379
4 жыл бұрын
@@ronbaker3677 If the U.S. would have made a couple more states out of Mexico they wouldn't be a third world sh!thole and everyone would be better off Especially Mexicans
@scottb4579
4 жыл бұрын
@@ronbaker3677 Yes, these facts are completely dismissed by the hate America crowd. While we do have our national sins, no other country in the history of the world, having risen to the pinnacle of economic and military supremacy has been so benevolent.
@scottb4579
4 жыл бұрын
@@SamC379 And the Reconquista crowd want to take over the southwest U.S. and make an even bigger 3rd world craphole ruled by the cartels.
@michaelcarter9395
4 жыл бұрын
I've been Seward's house in Auburn, NY a few times; he has several artifacts from Alaska, and seemed to be on good terms with the people that lived there...
@jimmydroid7838
4 жыл бұрын
' I can see Russia from my house.... " Tina Fey.
@JRobbySh
4 жыл бұрын
I believe it. Most actors don’t diddly squat about anything.
@heatheryork1658
3 жыл бұрын
@@JRobbySh This comment was made as part of a SNL spoof of Sarah Palin after she said that you could see Russia from Alaska, when asked what insight she had gained living so close to Russia. This was asked when she was the VP nominee; I guess the inference was she was qualified on international issues because she lived “close” to Russia. Tina Fey played Sarah Palin in the sketch.
@ant9072
3 жыл бұрын
Well I have seen Russia from Alaska so theres that..
@joevogliardo3131
3 жыл бұрын
Sarha Palin mister.
@aloisschicklgruber9807
3 жыл бұрын
The other end of that "Bridge to nowhere"?
@davidhonez8859
4 жыл бұрын
They thought it was worthless, that's why.
@hamyutsmeseta3841
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed 👍👍
@JourneyToHealth-bq5uy
4 жыл бұрын
I was born & raised in So. Florida. My daughter (my only child) & her husband got stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska (talk about 'empty nest syndrome'). I was worried about how she (& I when I visited) would handle the weather as we've barely have seen snow (she was able to appreciate really seeing it before me; the only adjustment for her was the long periods of darkness over a couple of winter months as otherwise indoor heating was more than adequate even when she had a taste of some of their harshest weather; for us, we love that it's a dry cold in such a picturesque place after living in an area that can feel like a swamp many times; I swear it was a much better place to tolerate in the '80s as since the daily rain cycle in our wettest months has drastically changed throughout the years - i.e. afternoon showers are definitely not the same; I used to actually surf then & my father was a military meteorologist) . Long story short (please do not read below if you're not interested), WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALASKA! (Sorry this is long, I just had major back surgery & am recovering, so my grammar isn't probably the best either; I just wanted to comment because I think it's a bit unusual to be well situated in one part of the country as big as the U.S., & find yourself falling in love with everything about the complete opposite side of the country - especially the weather - since the two places are such drastically different from each other...literal opposite ends of the spectrum in many aspects including the culture of people found in each place in a lot of respects.) I was pleasantly surprised when I visited and almost everyone in my family & friends that visited with us fell in love with the place. My daughter & my son-in-law particularly love Anchorage. My parents have since done an annual month plus cruise for a few years that involves many parts off of Alaska after departing from So. California (where my Aunt lives; or more specifically, right off Pacific Coast Highway aka on the actual beach in Laguna Beach; LOVE Catalina Island too, which can be seen from her deck) or from Mexico while also stopping at some of the Hawaii islands at some point too (hopefully, one day I can do this cruise myself but I'm happy for my parents as they worked extremely hard to have this luxury). Now (at various stages) we're all looking at property in Alaska (mostly around Anchorage) to stay for part of the year. Even, a good friend of mine who went from a Chiropractor to a PBC Detective got interested and is on his way to becoming a detective for the Anchorage PD (he's already renting a condo out so when his daughter graduates HS next year she can attend college there). My daughter & her husband (& now their little one as I'm now an official 'nana') live back here in So. Florida, but we're not done with Alaska yet. In the areas we visited (& some of us already lived for several years), i can't say enough how absolutely beautiful of a place it is filled with the most amazing people (an added bonus was way less types & quantity of insects & reptiles, though I mean no offense as I appreciate all animals; it just sometimes it gets overwhelming when you have to worry about running into alligators, snakes, & the insects want to invade one's home much more fervently with all the crazy rainstorms & increase in hurricanes in the last decade or so; I was living in Miami during Hurricane Andrew & as the Everglades disappear one can tell with all the new and/or extra species that one can encounter if one has lived here as long as my parents, say over 60 yrs). I just never thought I would end up somewhere like there, but now I'm not surprised as to why I might enjoy the vast change of climate more than I ever imagined; I recently found that my ancestry DNA indicates that I should genetically be well acclimated to the climate as my family has apparently lived in a similar climate as far back as the 9th century (that we could trace anyway on my maternal side; 16th century for my paternal side...both in very similar climates near high mountains in NW Europe).
@KP-go5vj
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly if you have the excess funds eagle river is a good place to be, if how ever your hoping for a small amount of extra space or you enjoy the country life when your up here palmer wasilla area is really nice. I grew up in anchorage and its a good place to visit but its a dangerous place to live. Its so great to see people like your family find a love for such a vastly different climate. Most of the people who have been stationed up here always find themselves called back eventually.
@StevenEveral
4 жыл бұрын
The second collective "Dammit" was heard in the 1960s, when the North Slope oil fields went online.
@Cjnw
3 жыл бұрын
There was no internet in 1960
@realdreamz3678
3 жыл бұрын
@@Cjnw yes there was
@donfss5088
3 жыл бұрын
On June 20, 1977, oil from the North Slope’s Prudhoe Bay field began flowing to the port of Valdez at four miles an hour through the 48-inch-wide pipe. It arrived at the port eight days later.
@donfss5088
3 жыл бұрын
@Stratos I Alaska's doing pretty good. The Trans Alaska Pipeline or TAPS has pumped about 13,500,000,000 billion barrels of crude since 1977. Multiply that by 42 gallons a barrel, that's a lot of oil. Early on Alaska was pumping 20% of all U S oil. Right now Alaska pumps around 18 1/2 million gallons a day. If Alaska ever opens ANWR it might possibly go back up to 2 million barrels a day.
@jpablo700
3 жыл бұрын
Then we heard a third "dammit" from ExxonMobil
@dumaneduard
3 жыл бұрын
awesome video, nice structure, great facts, A+
@malcolml309
4 жыл бұрын
St. Petersburg, was the capital of Russia at the time that Russia sold Alaska to the United States.
@f-35lightningii6
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, Russia King sold Alaska to American.... American thank to Russia... Alaska belong to American...
@holoholopainen1627
3 жыл бұрын
St Petersburg was founded 1703 !
@ericdale4641
4 жыл бұрын
It's fascinating to see how how big events from around the world affected American history. If there had been no Crimean war, Alaska would not have been sold to the United States. Until I saw this video I would never had known the two events were connected.
@joannak6596
3 жыл бұрын
I'm an AK. native. Aleut, born on the Aleutian chain. Went on one vacation to Hawaii and that was the only time I've left. Very expensive to live here, but in these times I'm really happy to be home.
@119jle
3 жыл бұрын
I work for Alutiiq Security in Michigan. Headquarters in Anchorage. The Aleuts!
@conniecrawford5231
3 жыл бұрын
I met more Alaskans during the winter when I lived on Oahu! Alaskans thathave enough money vacation in Hawaii to get away from those Alaskan winters!
@egypt9723
4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting 😉 thanks for the history101 about Alaska ✌☺👌
@johnmclean6010
4 жыл бұрын
lol
@adolfnegeh6520
2 жыл бұрын
Great brief 👍. If something is sold,the buyer becomes the owner. Simple
@corderajones
4 жыл бұрын
In the 1800s shipping was the the main way to get into and out of Alaska. A train line and road connection via Canada came much later. Seattle really became a big/major city because of Alaska. It was the main port of connection to Alaska. If you were going to Alaska back in the day most people passed through Seattle. It was the Ellis island to Alaska. In the early 1900s air travel started to take off. Pun intended. And a very small start up company started to manufacturing airplanes/seaplanes in the Seattle area, that company was Boeing. And one of the first customers is another start up company out of Seattle. Alaska Airlines.
@kixigvak
Жыл бұрын
There is no railroad connection to Alaska.
@TalkHeavyEli
2 жыл бұрын
I don’t think they ever taught me this in history class 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
@jamieneligan3331
4 жыл бұрын
The TLINGET Tribes in some parts Of Alaska they still live off the LAND. no electricity, hunt for food, lives in log cabin‘s. It’s pretty gnarly!!!🤲🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽✌🏽❤️❤️🥰
@LesterLaoagan
4 жыл бұрын
The Philippines was sold by Spain to America in 1899 but despite that we are not an American state nor part of American territory but personally with our current situation and Philippines as the number 1 American loving country I wish we had the same fate as Alaska.
@indiansfaninpa
4 жыл бұрын
There are a few differences. The Philippines are in Asia; Alaska is in North America. The Philippines, unlike Alaska, already had a large population. And that large population wanted to be independent, and thought it had achieved independence from Spain only to be told by the U.S. that it hadn't.
@Kreln1221
4 жыл бұрын
*Why no mention of the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad that Russia was desperately trying to build, and that the proceeds of the sale of Alaska was used to build? The Czar wanted to have the Trans-Siberian Railroad built, and he sold Alaska in order to finance it. It's ironic, as although the railroad was eventually completed, due to the cold and harsh climate, as well as cheap substandard materials, for decades, the railroad was constantly breaking down and extremely inefficient and unreliable, at least until well into Stalin's regime...*
@phyllisdevries5734
4 жыл бұрын
That wasn't built until the 20th century. Study your history.
@ronbaker3677
4 жыл бұрын
Plus the fact that defending it from either us the Brits or the French or the Canadians would be difficult to say the least
@jonathanmillner
3 жыл бұрын
@@ronbaker3677 Everyone looks at this as stupid, but if.... Russia simply took the $7.2 million it got from the deal and invested it with a 7% return... that's about $60 billion today. If they took out 1 dollar for every thousand they had received, the Russian government would be getting $5 million/month and it growing about $50,000/month. Seems to me... you could still make that work for generations afterwards... and not look stupid, unless you just blew it on something frivolous... which they probably sort of did... That's people for you.
@Mitchery
4 жыл бұрын
They committed an 'ottercide' that's definitely atrocious...
@eric777100763
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I fully support my local otter😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
@turgeo2004
3 жыл бұрын
wish i could buy land for 2 cents an acre :)
@thomasheyart7033
3 жыл бұрын
Boy did you miss a huge part!! Russia "loaned" it's fleet to the Union during the the civil war. This allowed the Union navy to be freed up for blockade of southern ports. It helped keep England and France out of the war not wanting to risk another war with Russia at the time. After the civil war, Russia wanted to be paid for the use of its fleet, but there wasn't any legal way of doing so. Therefore, Stewart arranged to buy Alaska for what was considered at t he tim e 3x the value. Everyone knew the price wa s high buy agreed as the purchase was just a cover for paying back Russia fo r loaning the Union their fleet.
@markpatterson5250
3 жыл бұрын
Did you know that the last shot fired in the Civil War was from the Confederate ship Shannandoa? They were disrupting the New England whaling fleet in the Bering Sea, six weeks AFTER the surrender at Appamadox. They didn't know the war was over. The small Russian fleet at that time was engaged in a war (Crimean War) with Britian and I find it implausible that they sent ships to America.
@JGMoore
4 жыл бұрын
Al Gore taught the polar bears ninjutsu.
@rippinlips1133
4 жыл бұрын
J.G. 👨 🐻 🐷
@JGMoore
4 жыл бұрын
@Jomama Al Gore is the ninja manbearpig
@jadegemofak
4 жыл бұрын
I love how in the beginning you stated the Natives were here first...that's right my people my ancestors before anyone came to claim it 💖
@alabamamothman2986
3 жыл бұрын
It was sold before oil became a valued commodity.
@billtoenjes955
4 жыл бұрын
Now we need to buy Greenland from Denmark!
@idontfukncareabout
3 жыл бұрын
Change it for puerto rico
@idontfukncareabout
3 жыл бұрын
@Draggy654 and us take 80 billions of PR debt in exchange of nothing exploitable there? Nahh, US senators are against Statehood and becoming a statehood for PR means nothing for the people because they are already US citizens and they will have to pay property taxes and income taxes and all companies producing in PR will rather go somewhere else...
@mecha7419
3 жыл бұрын
@@idontfukncareabout Except most of pr wants to become a state lol
@thomaschavarria4003
3 жыл бұрын
China is interested in Greenland... And that'll cause a shit storm of political affairs.
@AB28-818
3 жыл бұрын
Bad idea, to many child molesters
@younglegit7194
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine being an alaskan native, getting your land sold without prior notice
@felipeb1032
3 жыл бұрын
That’s was pretty common
@originalunoriginal4055
3 жыл бұрын
In hindsight, Alaska is the last frontier which hasn't been habituated by humans! But who knows how many people are living off the grid over there. Living completely new lives, new name, new identity, new social security number, all communication with peers cut off indefinitely! The world would be a completely different reality had Alaska belonged to Russia today!
@younglegit7194
3 жыл бұрын
@Luminous HD under the control of the US
@younglegit7194
3 жыл бұрын
@@originalunoriginal4055 how would it have been under russia?
@johndobow9034
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine that no one cares
@eddylwanga6332
3 жыл бұрын
Good information. Thanks
@jasongraham8250
3 жыл бұрын
Could you even imagine what WW2 and the Cold War would have looked like if Russia still held Alaska?
@aloisschicklgruber9807
3 жыл бұрын
WW2 looked a little 'hairy' when the Japanese invaded 'Alaska'(the Aleutians) in1942. Canada and the USA built the AlCan highway to stop that.
@spideraxis
4 жыл бұрын
Never been to Alaska. Sure would love to go.
@MrImaghost
4 жыл бұрын
If you go,can i go with you?
@spideraxis
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrImaghost Yes
@alexandercrush
3 жыл бұрын
I hear the moose there don’t take Kindly to city folk.
@donfss5088
3 жыл бұрын
Best time to visit is from the middle of May through the end of July. August days get shorter, cooler and more rain.
@edwardmiller9611
3 жыл бұрын
I reside here in Alaska. Do not come up here, we are already filled up with enough people.
@donfss5088
3 жыл бұрын
😂
@chuckinhouston9952
3 жыл бұрын
Just to visit. I won’t stay
@KimSuBok
3 жыл бұрын
Census data says that your population has actually been falling over the last 5 years or so.
@relevation0
3 жыл бұрын
😂 i want to go where there is no people. People suck.
@kathryncarter6143
3 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way about Utah. The rate at which they're letting all these massive computer companies move in is nauseating.
@rickprice6312
4 жыл бұрын
The reason's for the Louisiana purchase were extremely similar.
@renajan3955
4 жыл бұрын
Thnx for sharing !
@timmyjones1921
4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting & educational .
@raymondgrimaldi9207
3 жыл бұрын
Actually... during the civil war, russia sent it's navy over here to keep the british and french from getting involved
@velshock
3 жыл бұрын
Weird how they could “purchase “ a place where people already lived.
@leonardsowders7985
3 жыл бұрын
Not any stranger than the Louisiana Purchase or the Gadsden Purchase (among others).
@oculusnomadslosttribe5672
3 жыл бұрын
If there were no military’s in the world, half the problems in this world may not exist...🤨
@WilliamHearnTOEFL_Tutor
3 жыл бұрын
Even weirder how they (Europeans) could land ships on the North American Continent in 1492 and simply claim the land from themselves. Weirder still is how they could simply give a special coin to a Native American chief, plant a flag on his land, and then show him guns (superior weapons that would prevent anyone from resisting), and then run him and his people off of the land. That is how we stole land from the Native Americans. These are mafia tactics that were used by the Europeans to strong-arm the indigenous peoples of North America out of their freedom and their human rights. This type of colonization was wrong on so many levels, but we have made up for it by creating the U.S. Constitution which grants freedom and respect for human rights. That constitution is under attack by the current administration (Communists Biden & Harris).
@ludastout2852
2 жыл бұрын
@@WilliamHearnTOEFL_Tutor so Hawaii 🌴 ☁
@WilliamHearnTOEFL_Tutor
2 жыл бұрын
@@ludastout2852 And Alaska. Soon Puerto Rico. Expansion never ends for these people.
@josephmeyer6232
4 жыл бұрын
"the company was taken by the russian military" *Proceeds to show a M41A1 Bulldog American tank*
@GeorgeSemel
4 жыл бұрын
Must be one of the Lend-Lease Shermans. The Russians got a bunch of them. The Troops loved them since there was room in them and you could get out of the thing without much effort.
@viceman8152
4 жыл бұрын
not to mention speaking of events in the century before tanks 😂 🤣
@AudieHolland
4 жыл бұрын
@@GeorgeSemel Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, last Russian governor of Alaska left office in 1818. Tanks were not introduced onto the battlefield by the British untill September 1916. Also: The Soviet Union wasn't included in the Lend Lease program untill 1942. The Soviet Union was a different government than tsarist or imperial Russia.
@melekhin84
3 жыл бұрын
В танках горят все одинаково и русские и американцы.
@johndahlia2071
4 жыл бұрын
how could anyone sell something that aint theirs
@johnmclean6010
4 жыл бұрын
yup they say the war in 1812 never happened either also that the world is flat... -.-
@joystickricksherrell774
4 жыл бұрын
Understanding the natives couldn't read or write , they also didn't have land titles and courts in which to settle disputes. With no legal system the natives only option was to battle. Explorers discovered this,fought for the land and won. Thus bringing civilization to the new world and the privileges you are enjoying right now. Knowledge is Power! Literally
@trevorwilson6683
4 жыл бұрын
kingofallman the fact you used the term “Anasazi” proves your own ignorance. That name has been rejected by all native tribes. It’s a Navajo name for rival tribes, no people called themselves that and the people whose ancestors you’re citing reject it as well.
@hannabaal150
3 жыл бұрын
My parents met each other in Anchorage in 1940. I was born there.
@jacobmoore9322
3 жыл бұрын
This was good information...
@benjaminknotts745
4 жыл бұрын
“Thousands of miles away” Yeah if you go East, the opposite way... 🙄
@Skankhunt668
4 жыл бұрын
Then it is even further idiot
@Maderum
4 жыл бұрын
Wtf are you talking about? You think Moscow is in east russia? Your comment makes no sense
@willisix2554
4 жыл бұрын
Because Alaska is only 50 miles from Russia
@stephenrossington1706
4 жыл бұрын
Fk me we have some thick as shit people dont we. Get a map, look at Eastern Russia, its a stones throw from Alaska. So Benjamin Knotts is totally correct, and obviously is more schooled than you morons
@MrKirua21
4 жыл бұрын
Hey stephen Rossington the KEY word was MOSCOW. Few miles separate Russia and Alaska but thousands of miles separate Moscow and Alaska!
@DmitryLapshukov
3 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, Western Union which is currently money transfer company, had a plan to make a underwater cable from North America to Asia and land line telegraph further, they were a telecom company back in the days. The closet path was a Bering Strait, and Western Union had a huge interest for United States buying Alaska, as it would make things much easier for them. Thanks to WU there was a discovery of what a bargain Alaska was. But that was a good deal for russians as well, there were quite a lots of problems for Russia to deal at that time and keeping such a large remote territory was really hard.
@djg585
3 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't be surprised if there's still undiscovered gold up there.
@markivrimusic5610
4 жыл бұрын
Why why why why why do people make it seem like Russia is thousands of miles away from Alaska? It's funny how you used Moscow as the point of Russia being thousands of miles away That's like saying Washington DC is thousands of miles away from California...true but deceptive
@mecha7419
3 жыл бұрын
Siberia was still not fully colonized by Russia, and enforcing their jurisdiction farther East became more and more difficult
@Mojavekight17
4 жыл бұрын
Very good video 👌
@karlparsons4861
4 жыл бұрын
I grew up in Alaska. The real history is very deep and large. I grew up with more diverse people than any other city in America. And yes, even descendants of Russian settlers.
@youtubecommentposter5704
3 жыл бұрын
Alaska isn't talked about enough. It's a very beautiful place.
@aloisschicklgruber9807
3 жыл бұрын
The Russian Orthodox Church is still there. It didn't evacuate.
@turanrashid9200
3 жыл бұрын
What's tempucha
@andrewburbidge
3 жыл бұрын
When the Russians expanded eastwards they would have known well how to prospect for gold and there is an old Russian map that shows they had been in the Klondike region before Alaska was sold to the USA. Remains of two shackled men were found in the gold workings in later times, presumably, Russian convicts. There was gold there but no mother lode was ever found.
@Ahuntsicspotter
3 жыл бұрын
Alaska for the US cruise industries before the covid 19 was the 2nd most popular destination after the Caribbean.
@jpablo700
3 жыл бұрын
They laughed when Seward wanted to purchase Greenland and Iceland. Imagine what manifest destiny would have looked like come 2021.
@TheAnthropol
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting.
@mikehutchings1567
3 жыл бұрын
Russia helped the Union during the civil war and the revolution by sending fleets to check the British
@onlyme9254
4 жыл бұрын
Otterly devastating for some!
@iluvpittys242
4 жыл бұрын
Interesting I did not know this.
@georgehanson1658
3 жыл бұрын
Been there, done that. Born in Juneau 1939, to Anchorage area and the Mat. valley around '41. Spent nearly 40 years in Girdwood. Worked Prudhoe Bay from '76 thru '88. Moved South in 2013. Damn good times!
@chatimer
3 жыл бұрын
imagine how different today would be if they kept it
@ildarius
3 жыл бұрын
Naw russia wouldn’t keep it, I’m from russia and even the most patriotic Russians know that Americans would have captured that land. It just wasn’t worth it.
@donfss5088
3 жыл бұрын
@@ildarius You'd be surprised how many Russians live in Alaska today but, of course, they're American citizens. Google it.
@KillerAlmond
2 жыл бұрын
Very nice, great success
@msvaj
3 жыл бұрын
Good to know. I'm glad we got Alaska for the USA.
@drakerydenFalls
3 жыл бұрын
Those mountains makes wanna run up on em like Rocky4 😅
@mibi2999
4 жыл бұрын
I live in AK... it's soooooooo cooooooold.... ❄⛄
@MrImaghost
4 жыл бұрын
i live in Arizona it's SOO HOT!!
@cassandrarousos3555
2 жыл бұрын
Neat I guess learning can be fun
@skmo7105
4 жыл бұрын
Russia really hates otters...
@waynebush7953
4 жыл бұрын
That's some funny shit right there! Thanks!
@independentvoter2448
3 жыл бұрын
A noisemaker I definitely love. I have just subscribed.
@thomaskipfer1008
4 жыл бұрын
Louisiana purchase, and Steward's good luck in Alaska, made America very good investments. My wife and I, in small business, try investing in ourselves. It's working for us too!
@manjitdhanju4615
3 жыл бұрын
A very good video msdhanju
@whyamiatree4177
3 жыл бұрын
Alaska was a cool place to live summers are beautiful up there just watch out for the state bird they bite
@snapdragon6601
2 жыл бұрын
The state bird. Mosquito? 🦟 😄
@mustanggirlll
3 жыл бұрын
The timeline doesn’t make sense. In the early 1800s California wasn’t a state until 1850 it was still Mexico.
@madcaptoys
3 жыл бұрын
This is a prime example of a empire expanding beyond their ability project.
@willbonny4956
3 жыл бұрын
The last frontier doesn't need a project. Keep it the way it is.
@madcaptoys
3 жыл бұрын
@@willbonny4956 that's space.
@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry
3 жыл бұрын
Canada didn't become independent in 1867. While the Statute of Westminster in 1931 gave it and the other "Dominions" full legislative authority, Canada only became fully independent in 1982, when our constitution became an act of our parliament, and our Supreme Court supplanted the British House of Lords as our highest court. In 1914 we were at war when the British parliament declared it. In 1939 were were at war by an act of our parliament.
@bl8782
2 жыл бұрын
100%
@bigblue6917
4 жыл бұрын
Actually during the real Cold War Russia, or the Soviet Union as it was then called, was on the verge of taking it back. They discovered that many of the military facilities in Alaska, such as the early warning radar, was not protected against nuclear, biological and chemical attack. So they planned to attack Alaska and take it back. Fortunately America was warned about the attack by a KGB double agent and took steps to bolster their defences in time.
@eric777100763
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info wasn't aware of that but I'm sure also the Russians understood that the Americans would have fought it simply wasn't worth it to them is my evaluation.
@scronx
3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and not offensive like so many of yours. Encore!
@BeautifulNaturalDramatic
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting info packed video thanks
@promiscuouscrab4040
4 жыл бұрын
Russia had a surplus of bears on unicycles and only the US was interested.
@robertmastnak581
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, very interesting fakts... Thx!
@mephobicnootka7713
3 жыл бұрын
why am i even here, im alaskan, i live in alaska all my life, ive studied our entire culture left to right and up to down, i already know this and yet here i am
@knowledgeispower3212
3 жыл бұрын
Lol stfu stupid !!
@mephobicnootka7713
3 жыл бұрын
@@knowledgeispower3212 cool
@cowboygeologist7772
3 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video,; thanks for posting.
@willliam1420
4 жыл бұрын
So Russians found it hard to live in Alaska because of the weather?! So they shld just give Siberia away then!
@Robert-xp4ii
3 жыл бұрын
Had Russia still owned Alaska, the cold war years surely would've gotten hot and things wouldn't be the way they are today. Buying Alaska is probably the smartest purchase ever, by any country or person.
@conniecrawford5231
4 жыл бұрын
The Russian fur trade almost made the sea otter extinct- pure greed!
@bigblue6917
4 жыл бұрын
And pure incompetence as well.
@johnmclean6010
4 жыл бұрын
i think by saying stupid shit thats not true is a new way to get a following of children who dont know any better.
@DrKnow1tAll
4 жыл бұрын
Connie Crawford I agree. Almost on par with those stupid fucks that exterminated the Great Plains Buffalo.
@AudieHolland
4 жыл бұрын
Things went pretty well under the leadership of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov. The last Russian governor untill the Russian military took over management of the colony.
@johnmclean6010
4 жыл бұрын
im glad president tim horton banned the seal hunt in ontario
@UzumakiX5series
3 жыл бұрын
Moral of the story: offer to buy land when the owners are at war and broke.
@JShahi-ju1sl
3 жыл бұрын
2 cent per acre 😂 Even the trees standing in the land are worth more than that. Russia screwed itself
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