Russia reported on the sale of Alaska

21 May 2018, 22:01 | Policy
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The Russian Foreign Ministry seems to be tired of listening and reading modern articles in which various experts and analysts accuse Alexander II and his entourage of being fraudulent for the country selling Alaska to the United States. In fact, according to the Smolensk Square, the deal turned out to be beneficial both to the US and the Russian Empire, and corresponded to the international norms of the second half of the XIX century. This was announced today by Deputy Director of the Historical and Documentary Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Doctor of Historical Sciences Artem Rudnitsky during the Russian-American international conference "Dialogue of Fort Ross - Meeting in Russia". "If we sum up, I would say that the deal on the sale was fairly fair, objectively beneficial to both sides and the relevant international standards of the time," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.. As the main reasons why it was necessary for the tsarist government to solve the problem with the Russian colony in such a way, the historian called it remoteness from the center of the Empire and, in this connection, the impossibility of protection in the event of a military attack, as well as the unprofitability of the region (who then knew about the gold veins in Nome and Fairbanks). Rudnitsky recalled that initially Russia planned to raise about $ 5 million from the sale of its territory, but as a result, it was able to bargain much more - $ 7 million. Then such a treaty was considered a great achievement. He also dispelled the myth that the money was allegedly "pokarmaneny". In fact, the Alaskan dollars went to the extremely necessary for such a large country as Russia's construction of railways. In addition, this transaction allowed the Empire to strengthen its relations with the United States against the background of international isolation after the lost Crimean War of 1853-1856. "Would Russia have conceded part of its territory to a country that is opposed to it aggressively and hostile?. Americans were treated well and believed that this in no way would harm the interests of Russia. The relations were good, almost perfect, "the diplomat summed up.. It should be added that not only in modern Russia there are skeptics selling Alaska, but also in the States themselves. There, too, there are experts who believe that the purchase of these lands did not pay back the money spent, even after the "gold rush". And today, no, no, in the region itself they raise the question of returning to the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. So in September 2017, an adviser on Arctic policy, the Government of Alaska, Craig Flyer, said that his staff would have been more developed if he were still part of Russia. However, he noted with regret that "the US would not let us go". According to him, the state values ??the Russian heritage and are proud of it, as many residents of the region speak Russian.




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