Screaming Eagle
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- Oct 8, 2009
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No and no.
Some Russians under a man named Bearing saw it from ships and never stepped foot in it, but claimed it in the 18th century.
It was never 'ancestral' as no Russians ever lived in it.
It is and will always be a part of the United States of America.
Russia on the other hand will break up further as Siberians tire of pushy Russians telling them what to do, and russia will end up a tiny nation with little influence in the world.
There were a few hundred Russians living there at the time of the purchase. But we have had it for longer than they have. It's more of an American ancestral land.
You guys are forgetting about the people who can trace their families in Alaska back a few thousand years. Back when the Europeans were squabbling over how to divide up the planet and its resources for themselves that fact didn't mean shit, but times have changed.
They're the ones who said "you can't own land, man, because it's like land and stuff", so who are we to argue with them?