On this day in 1885 there was an incident in the area of contact of two great empires – the Russian Empir ...
On this day in 1885 there was an incident in the area of contact of two great empires – the Russian Empire and the British colonial empire. This so-called Panjdeh Incident occurred at a place where th ...
On this day in 1867, the sale of Russian America (the name for Alaska at that time) to the USA took place ...
On this day in 1867, the sale of Russian America (the name for Alaska at that time) to the USA took place. The so-called Alaska Purchase was actually initiated by the Russians, who wanted to get rid o ...