It's crazy to think at one point, Russia was part of Europe, Asia, and North America.
@arvinlim90625 жыл бұрын
@@vladescu3g This does not include coloniezed countries which Britain, France and Spain had a large portion. Russia was simply large so it was natural to be connected to several continents.
@dragonofthewest83055 жыл бұрын
@@vladescu3g true
@Krispychikken5 жыл бұрын
Fingers We all know you cannot change the fact that Russia was so big or you can just say ‘I hate Russia’ instead of coming up with some facts that everyone knows
@vladescu3g5 жыл бұрын
@@Krispychikken Its the only Colonial ""Empire" that still exist to this day, free the native people first then you get my respect, i'm also done trying to reason with unreasonable minds here so bye.
@Krispychikken5 жыл бұрын
Fingers while British still occupies Scotts Wales Ires and Chinese occupied Turks then ignore genocides of natives in Australia America? Obviously the unreasonable mind i m trying to reason with is ridiculously ignorant
@MisterCynic183 жыл бұрын
"Russia and America, friends forever!" Tragic.
@genghiskhan57013 жыл бұрын
Communism is helluva drug
@itsurboidonnie3 жыл бұрын
@@genghiskhan5701 yep
@vufcyfxcyyfccfugvi74663 жыл бұрын
It's not about communism. It's about money.
@epieursvelte13cirertrollferpur3 жыл бұрын
В америке не было коммунизма со времен ссср
@patthonsirilim57393 жыл бұрын
well technically speaking the us and russia have maintain a very long relationship without actually fighting a real war against each other so calling them friends is not so much of a streach.
@kingdom7777777 Жыл бұрын
even adjusted to today's dollar, Buying Alaska was such an unreal win for the Americans. To add that much land and resources to your country without any bloodshed has got to be top ten best deals in history!
@raedwulf61 Жыл бұрын
Almost as good as buying Manhattan for $24 worth of beads.
@luisfilipe2023 Жыл бұрын
Most of the land was useless tundra at the time. It was seen as a mistake obviously no one knew there was oil and natural gas there
@kingdom7777777 Жыл бұрын
@@luisfilipe2023 The Oil and Mining is almost secondary. Alaska is home to some of the most valuable air space for the movement of goods and cargo. Like Alaska is so extremely important to export logistics within the USA.
@mmclaurin8035 Жыл бұрын
Louisiana Purchase is up there too
@HelithaGM Жыл бұрын
@@mmclaurin8035 Agreed, you could argue that the Louisiana Purchase gave America a ton natural resources and land, maybe even more than alaska, but Alaska is just a great geopolitical location and it does have some natural resources despite being mostly an icy tundra.
@leminjapan2 жыл бұрын
As a Canadian I always thought it was bizarre that Russia looked to the US to buy Alaska instead of you know, Canada, the country that Alaska is hanging on to, but then I remembered we had barely graduated from being a British colony at the time and thus no one even knew or cared we existed. Much like today!
@seanthe1002 жыл бұрын
"much like today" so true 🤣🤣
@elysium5402 жыл бұрын
😅
@rcfrantzen72902 жыл бұрын
How bout a Hug!!
@Slo-ryde2 жыл бұрын
In this day and age....its better to lay low under the radar.
@sudoblue97772 жыл бұрын
I think Americans like to forget Canada exists, because it reminds them that they fought a war to gain independence while Canada just asked nicely.
@genghiskhan57015 жыл бұрын
Russia:Have fun with your frozen wasteland comrade USA: *Finds oil and gold* Russia:Cyka Blyat
@chaseviking50965 жыл бұрын
When the US found gold and oil Russia wanted Alaska back and got pissed when the US said no. I find that funny as fuck. Russia should have done a bit more searching of the land.
@rachelslur87295 жыл бұрын
@@chaseviking5096 Russia doesn't search, Russia only assassinates.
@chaseviking50965 жыл бұрын
@@rachelslur8729 bloody true man
@rachelslur87295 жыл бұрын
@@chaseviking5096 too bloody... 😂
@chaseviking50965 жыл бұрын
@@rachelslur8729 been around a lot of people from Ireland and other countries where the saying "bloody" gets used a lot. Something I picked up as a kid.
@Pain-ww6ne4 жыл бұрын
I like the scene where Russia and America run on a field of flowers like best friends.
@muktamalakar57714 жыл бұрын
Lol😂😂🤣, I loved that scene too, under a beautiful sky with floating clouds
@homunculus7773 жыл бұрын
Best friends FOREVER!
@rockypope62963 жыл бұрын
If you like that then you will love the ending to metal gear solid 3
@3893833 жыл бұрын
Yes, but it should have been in slow motion with a love song in the background.
@meanmachine20033 жыл бұрын
watch the next season, things change drastically.
@tomerpilo51933 жыл бұрын
When you realize that it would cost more to make a Hollywood movie about the Alaska purchase then the actual Alaska purchase
@danielduncan68063 жыл бұрын
When you realize you forgot to include inflation in your calculation... Today that would be more than 192 million dollars. Where the average Hollywood production cost today is about 65 million. I don't blame you for your stupidity, I blame our terrible and completely broken public education system, from which you are a product.
@tomerpilo51933 жыл бұрын
@@danielduncan6806 It was a joke. Of course I didn't account for inflation it wasn't meant to be a serious thing. And why do you feel the need to call me stupid?
@belland_dog82353 жыл бұрын
@@danielduncan6806 You're over here calling people stupid, but you're not smart enough to realize it was a joke in the first place.
@belland_dog82353 жыл бұрын
@@tomerpilo5193 He needs to feel better about his own insecurities, that's why he called you stupid.
@maddie96023 жыл бұрын
@@danielduncan6806 a word of general life advice: you aren't going to make many friends being rude to people for no reason, and most people will think poorly of you for it. You can make the correction without the namecalling, and you won't come across as an immature asshole.
@arcticwolf9072 жыл бұрын
Being born and raised in Alaska we learned about why Alaska was sold in elementary school. And one of our high school classes was all about the history of Alaska.
@anngarth2 жыл бұрын
very based
@loganjulig6227 Жыл бұрын
Man I wish here in South Carolina they taught us about Alaska but no instead we have to learn about "microbiology" or something
@Bob-kk2vg Жыл бұрын
@@loganjulig6227ahhh yes, the good ol south. The cradle of scientific discovery.
@loganjulig6227 Жыл бұрын
@@Bob-kk2vg Ikr
@Bob-kk2vg Жыл бұрын
@@loganjulig6227 I imagine southern microbiology consist of learning about sex and the pull out method followed by throwing on the passion of the Christ for remainder of class. (I’m teasing) But yeah, most states require that you take a state history class for your diploma. I definitely see why southern states would gloss over this. Nobody wants to be reminded they had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the civilized world 🤣
@beckyacampoverde4 жыл бұрын
Russia: sells Alaska because thought was a lump of snow USA: finds oil Russia: O_O
@levvy30064 жыл бұрын
Russia has more oil than all of North America combined.
@TheOriginalJphyper4 жыл бұрын
Also gold. Don't forget the gold.
@ttouds95834 жыл бұрын
@@TheOriginalJphyper not mentioning DIAMONDs :)
@greattatarkhanball10734 жыл бұрын
Мы знали о нефти но она была тогда дешевле бумаги
@YoutubeGuy8253 жыл бұрын
@@levvy3006 not true. America has no even tapped into its reserves
@OreoFuffMcduff4 жыл бұрын
Alaska: we are the biggest state in the USA! Texas: you’re adopted
@user-vm6mw5xw7o4 жыл бұрын
all texans have a very personal vendetta against alaska for being larger
@blakedavis24474 жыл бұрын
Alaska: SHUT UP MIDGET !!
@Shaz3374 жыл бұрын
Technically texas was adopted to
@Mirokuofnite4 жыл бұрын
@@Shaz337 true, it couldn't make it on it's own and joined up with America. California was a independent country for 25 days, but the US Navy showed up and said 'your part of America now.' and the powers that be in California at that time accepted it.
@warrenlehmkuhleii84724 жыл бұрын
Alaska: Your adopted too. Texas: MOM! US: Will you stop yelling? I am trying to get Michigan and Ohio to play along.
@SoggyCoffeeAddict Жыл бұрын
Crazy to think that there are cars more expensive than entire land masses
@Vicky21987 Жыл бұрын
Seriously, even adjusted for inflation this was basically a gift to the US (the figures I can find are around 150 Mio$ in todays money, which is about almost 300 times LESS than Musk paid for Twitter... now let THAT sink in ^^).
@s1ckenlng Жыл бұрын
@@Vicky21987 i mean it kinda makes sense given that Russians wanted to sell Alaska not for profit but to simply get rid of it. As was stated Alaska was very very far away and remote and so it would be practically impossible for Russia to defend it in case of war with Britain with the Bering sea separating Alaska from the rest of Russia and the Roal Navy dominating the seas. Not surprising why Russia sold it to America instead since they weren't rivals back then and Britain was much more dangerous.
@diamondwarrior420 Жыл бұрын
@@s1ckenlng alaska is a few miles from russia what are you taking about
@s1ckenlng Жыл бұрын
@@diamondwarrior420 I was talking about the distance from European part of Russia to Alaska. Siberia nor the far east weren't developed nearly as much in Russia back then and there were no ready reserves stationed there nor the fleet which they'd had to haul over from other fronts. It doesn't matter if Alaska only few miles away from Chukotka, Royal Navy could plug a few hundred ships into that gap and deny Russians from transporting any reasonable amount of troops or reinforcements to Alaska in case of war.
@jamesmorris9120 Жыл бұрын
I can see Russia from my house
@BlahCraft111 ай бұрын
Another thing to note is fur trading. Under Russia, Alaska's colonial economy mostly revolved around fur trading, and with over hunting, the whole operation was probably losing them money. The land was originally seen as so overpriced that the purchase was called "Seward's Folly" (Seward was the US secretary of state). A gold rush, and an oil rush later, everyone has flipped their opinions of the purchase.
@KING-bt1tm5 жыл бұрын
Imagine what the Soviet Union could’ve done if it had Alaska during the Cold War.........
@ruatsangawhite72615 жыл бұрын
Ya
@davidfreeman30835 жыл бұрын
From what I see it might be far less than you imagine. As you can see on the map, there's only a short straight b/w Russia's far east Siberia and the US's Alaska. Yet it was never an important theater even during the peak of the Cold war. One of the reasons is that the mother nature in the Far East is even much worse. It's really hard to have the land infrastructure ready to connect the Burin Sea to the heart of Russia (which is around the Urar).
@rdsdsrddds23474 жыл бұрын
@@davidfreeman3083 It is important . At that time the nuclear missiles could not reach the us. So having Alaska woul've helped russia.
@riptyurass3024 жыл бұрын
David Freeman the US also flew B52 flights daily over the Russian border that required Alaskan airspace, if the Us had not owned that airspace Alaska would have been a border protecting Moscow from any sort of attack.
@RAKITHA94 жыл бұрын
The white Russians would have fled to Alaska during the Russian Civil war , becoming Russias Taiwan
@cang58443 жыл бұрын
James bizentte: heard this name more than my own sons
@poki2outof1033 жыл бұрын
lmao
@that1scoutcollins8513 жыл бұрын
Just name your son James Bizentte and that’ll fix everything.
@cang58443 жыл бұрын
@@that1scoutcollins851 I think i might have to at this point
@SP-ft4ir3 жыл бұрын
Also David archeologists
@scorps43243 жыл бұрын
Why
@itinerantpatriot11962 жыл бұрын
The purchase wasn't particularly popular in the U.S. at the time. The sale was referred to as "Seward's Folly" since he was the Secretary of State who arranged the purchase.
@monkofdarktimes Жыл бұрын
Until oil, gold, fish said money money money
@metal_fusion Жыл бұрын
@@monkofdarktimes You both share good points of Russia-USA history
@PandaAviator-xw5ru3 жыл бұрын
“The Russian empire was keen on keeping up with good relationshop with the US” Communism and Cold War: allow us to introduce ourselves
@rydemk41684 жыл бұрын
“Overseas territory” *51 Miles (81Km) away from Siberia*
@timomastosalo4 жыл бұрын
... over a sea, ocean. Though with the islands, it's not even that.
@Salman.9144 жыл бұрын
More like 2 km if you include the diamonds islands
@Supperdude94 жыл бұрын
Well, technically the Pacific Ocean is in between them. By technicality, despite it being an hours drive if there was a physical bridge, it is over seas.
@1993Redemption4 жыл бұрын
It's not exactly far from Russia's nearest domains, but it is quite far away, as is all of eastern Siberia, from any meaningful Russian territory. Everything east of the Ural mountains is a sparsely inhabited and difficult to administer tundra, and back then it would have been even more difficult to look after. So I guess what I'm arguing is that it was an overseas colony not just in being technically overseas, but being far enough away from the capital that keeping it protected and under control proved difficult.
@steelbear20634 жыл бұрын
The Empire also had parts of California, so it counts even without Alaska
@carl78103 жыл бұрын
USA: *Finds oil in Alaska* Russia: "This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever!"
@NickTV253 жыл бұрын
im pretty sure we actually found a ton of gold in alaska so you’re not very far off
@dirktween2443 жыл бұрын
>> Russia laughs > Canada laughs > Long term accountant the united states: needs Alaska resources for the next century, to break even ! >> Alaska laughs
@FAKELIEN3 жыл бұрын
@@NickTV25 we did and the northernmost town in the US “Barron” only exists because of an oil deposit.
@thunderbird19213 жыл бұрын
Well, Russia does have massive fields and reserves in Siberia, so it wasn't incredibly devastating for them.
@AndrewAMartin3 жыл бұрын
@@FAKELIEN That would be Barrow, not Barron...
@MisterTengu6 ай бұрын
This video has suddenly become relevant again.
@godlover90966 ай бұрын
I just heard about that. Do you think this will be used as a pretense for war with the US?
@MisterTengu6 ай бұрын
@@godlover9096 it doesn't make any sense, the sell of Alaska was two governments ago (Russian kingdom and USSR). Not to mention if the Ukrainian war is any indication, Russia would lose in weeks against a focused and motivated USA military. Not even sure if China could provide support with the massive corruption crippling their military.
@godlover90966 ай бұрын
@@MisterTengu I agree. It's just the usual authoritarian government tactic of making up reasons as to why land (or sea in China's case) now suddenly belongs to them. Idk why Russia would be motivated to pick a fight with the US anyhow unless they had reason to believe we would be so preoccupied with something else that the US would be stretched thin.
@goese8685 ай бұрын
Huh? What has happened?
@dlf1976 Жыл бұрын
Extremely helpful. So much packed in such a short time, yet so easy to understand
@DISTurbedwaffle9184 жыл бұрын
"The Russian Empire was keen to keep up good relations with the Americans." *wish we could turn back time, to the good old days*
@campkira3 жыл бұрын
it was before ww2...
@rurunosep3 жыл бұрын
campkira More accurately, it was before the Russian civil war. If the government is overthrown and replaced, it's a new Russia. Old friendships aren't valid anymore.
@dguy03863 жыл бұрын
@Nevvux Rao the cold war started several years before the Korean war
@dguy03863 жыл бұрын
@Nevvux Rao and as far as i know Russia had nothing to do with it.
@dguy03863 жыл бұрын
@Nevvux Rao although it wouldn't surprise me if Russia or should i say the USSR supported north Korea being communist and all
@itaybron5 жыл бұрын
Russia: "This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever,”
@dcbanacek25 жыл бұрын
Delaware Indians in 1626: Manhattan Island is worth how many beads? Sold.
@653j5215 жыл бұрын
@@dcbanacek2 Exchange of gifts was part of the ritual. They were allowing an ally to live near them and guard that area against their enemies. They didn't have the concept of selling land. They were prepared to kill the Europeans if they proved faithless or useless allies.
@dlew36245 жыл бұрын
Don't forget treason mays Brexit deal. Worst in history" Germany finally conquers Europe. Hitler would have a massive boner.
@TheAllMightyGodofCod5 жыл бұрын
@@dlew3624 rest of Europe thanks the UK for leaving and Germany for all the support during the financial crises and all the effort in making a better, safer, peaceful Europe.
@dlew36245 жыл бұрын
@@TheAllMightyGodofCod bet people in Greece love the EU. Can't wait to leave the corrupt EU. Britain economy is doing great and will do better without being sucked dry by the EU. They need our sterling to prop up euro
@robertab9292 жыл бұрын
USA: "One Alaska please" Muscovites: "OK"
@gothenmosph51513 жыл бұрын
What's amazing to me is how much land the US simply purchased. Is there any existing nation that's done anything like this? Or any nation in history that came anywhere close to buying this much land? US made two huge purchases that are each like 5-6 times bigger than your average country. The US was absurdly lucky in being at just the right place in just the right time. Didn't even really cost anything. Purchase price couldve been 1000x more and still be worth it.
@gothenmosph51512 жыл бұрын
@Shelby Sigouin Moron, my point is that the US was fortunate to be in the position it was because it was an extremely unusual circumstance. Not that I believe in some cosmic 'luck'
@richardthomas53622 жыл бұрын
As an American I love that way of acquiring new land better than conquest. I love it when nobody's sons get killed in war.
@AlexanderRM10002 жыл бұрын
Sad to say it but in both cases a major factor was that citizens of the "owning" nation hadn't actually settled too much and most of the land was inhabited by native peoples who the US drove out and killed. Still really interesting, I don't know of any other nations even in the Americas with comparable levels of purchases involved.
@SonOfAdolf2 жыл бұрын
@@gothenmosph5151 Call my woman a name again and see what happens
@gothenmosph51512 жыл бұрын
@@SonOfAdolf oh look an internet tough guy
@MTTT12345 жыл бұрын
And today Alaska probably produces enough oil and other natural ressources worth that price they sold it for every day.
@andreascovano77425 жыл бұрын
it's not like russiahas need of natural resources though
@RICO_SUAVE_86_5 жыл бұрын
Matthias S1234 *resources
@viveka29945 жыл бұрын
Remember that inflation did exist
@Wanderer6285 жыл бұрын
You know there's a little thing called inflation, ever heard of it?
@jfdavis6685 жыл бұрын
And, if they had found something there worth producing, England would have invaded and taken it away. Best to get some money now than nothing later. Russia had few ships to spare for the Pacific. They only had one rail line to the far east as late as 1905. They basically had no way of protecting it from anyone else who came along and wanted it.
@JohnStark724 жыл бұрын
There was also a key factor: the Czar was a friend of the United States. During the Civil War, England and Germany wanted to intervene on the side of the Confederates, seeing an opportunity to gain land and resources in America. The Czar let them know that in the event they intervened, Russia would enter the war on the side of the Union.
@frggdeckkkydexhhgg4 жыл бұрын
He even sent 12 warships to America's western coastline.
@ECloudDog4 жыл бұрын
Not entirely true. Britain and France (not Germany, it didn't even exist then) never wanted to intervene, they just kind of lowkey preferred the confederates. They never wanted to invade. Although yes, Russia was friends with the USA. You make a factual point there.
@esamano4 жыл бұрын
1868.
@Ugh-Fudge_Bwana4 жыл бұрын
@@ECloudDog France absolutely wanted to intervene. Part of the reason why Napoleon III invaded Mexico was to have a land trade route with the CSA in order to bypass the blockade, so the US civil war could drag out for as long as possible. He had global ambitions for France and a severely weakened US heavily aligned with those interests.
@BlindingGlow4 жыл бұрын
@@ECloudDog "lowkey preferred the Confederates" Brits literally built the CSA 2 warships. There wasn't anything lowkey about it. There's a reason they paid the US $15m in damages and apologized after the war.
@DieNextInLINE Жыл бұрын
I just love every video History Matters puts out that answers question s that I never knew I had.
@Exotic30002 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting!
@aedanokelly57943 жыл бұрын
FYI: $7.2 million in 1867 is worth about $127 million today
@atila53413 жыл бұрын
there still houses in the US more expensive then alaska
@MTCoblivsicas123453 жыл бұрын
Still an absolute steal what a great deal.
@MTCoblivsicas123453 жыл бұрын
@Simon oil and gold was found worth 10x or more what they paid Russia.
@cero22773 жыл бұрын
You have to adjust for inflation. That’s $7.2M in gold, which was tied to US dollar at $21 an ounce. Now gold is almost $2,000 an ounce. That’s over $600 million dollars for Alaska
@cero22773 жыл бұрын
@NormalSodaGuy I didn’t say it was a bad deal
@albar29895 жыл бұрын
-Russia and the U.S. -Best friends forever. -FOREVAAAAAR
@aleksandarvil57185 жыл бұрын
@al bar Before Red October Happened
@bryanmanuel49455 жыл бұрын
Communism happens well a few decades later anyway.
@PhillyPhanVinny5 жыл бұрын
People forget the USA and Russia used to be good allies. The Russian empire even offered to join the Union in the US Civil war if Britain and/or France joined the Confederacy in the war. France was in favor of helping the Confederacy fight the Union but was only willing to join the war if Britain joined with them. More people in Britain were in favor of helping the Confederacy in the US civil war then helping the Union but there wasn't enough support to get Britain to actually join the Confederacy. The US Civil war would have been even more crazy had Britain and France helped the Confederacy and Russia helped the Union. The US would go on to help bail Russia out in the Russo-Japanese war by Teddy Roosevelt giving the Russians a better peace deal in the war then they actually deserved.
@TheNinjaDC5 жыл бұрын
Well, the US was a good friend with Czarist Russia till the end, and and even a little farther as we tried to prop up the corpse.
@PhillyPhanVinny5 жыл бұрын
@@TheNinjaDC It was actually the UK more trying to prop up White Russia after the October Revolution (not the Czar). The UK convinced the US to let them take some US troops with them to Russia. After WW1 ended the US wanted to send their troops in Russia home which they did while the UK stayed there for a few more months.
@oliversherman24142 жыл бұрын
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!
@americancaesar6065 Жыл бұрын
It was originally referred to as Sewards Ice box by Americans since most thought it was nothing but frozen wasteland which it kind of was but still. It wasn’t until the Yukon Gold Rush people really got interested in it, and much later in the 50’s when it became clear that it was loaded to the gills with oil.
@Fringe31422au Жыл бұрын
And Anchorage itself became a strategic point for the aviation industry during the Cold War and once again with a heavily sanctioned Russia.
@alexanderrivera97053 жыл бұрын
This just shows you don’t need a 20 minute video with five ads in between to answer one question.
@ANTICENA5715 жыл бұрын
Russia: Thanks for purchasing Alaska America! US: You're welcome, hopefully this is the start of many years of prosperity between our two countries! *Cold War has entered the chat*
@brandonlyon7305 жыл бұрын
To be fair, the Russians had a bit of change in leadership since then.
@saintjiub82025 жыл бұрын
@@brandonlyon730 not just russia
@blackcat16425 жыл бұрын
To be fair America invaded Russia
@brandonlyon7305 жыл бұрын
No they didn’t, the most they did was gives money and weapons to the white army during the Russian civil war, as did other European nations. This along with the whole Capitalist thing is why the USSR was hostile to America.
@allninelivez76315 жыл бұрын
It should be "Communism has entered the chat". But I appreciate the humour in this time of need.
@izaactheberean68602 жыл бұрын
The signs & characters & the chalk board in this video are hilarious.
@simplysallow2 жыл бұрын
Russia called, they want Alaska back
@RyanGotReal5 жыл бұрын
America to America: Alright don't tell Alaska that he was adopted.
@EstudosTeshuvahComVancler4 жыл бұрын
Alaska’s a boy?
@anemu38194 жыл бұрын
@@EstudosTeshuvahComVancler yes
@AldoHExse4 жыл бұрын
Ryan, and California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah were kidnapped
@attatawil4 жыл бұрын
Excuse me, did you just assume Alaska’s gender!?!? REEEE!!!!!
@arizonasucculent86324 жыл бұрын
@@AldoHExse they were actually sold by Mexico. Also you forgot Arizona.
@bobo55805 жыл бұрын
If we adjust for inflation, in today's money it would cost 108M ( if it was sold for 7.2m in back then's money ) but considering that the dollar was tied to the gold more accurately it would be about 495 million-ish
@mrjackson34265 жыл бұрын
Only 108? That’s literally nothing for land that size
@annofan-jz7dq5 жыл бұрын
@@mrjackson3426 That is just Inflation. The Purchasing Power of that money back then was far greater than 108 million USD today.
@joechang86965 жыл бұрын
I would skip inflation number and look at gold. The dollar was 1.5 gram of gold, or 0.0591 ounces, that is: 1 ounce = $18.90. Today, gold is 1300/ounce, or 67.78X. So 7.2M in gold back then is now 495M. This might explain why Stalin was big on real estate acquisitions. Of course, his purchasing currency was in tanks
@rallis39375 жыл бұрын
@@joechang8696 Thats still pretty amazingly cheap. Jeff bezos could have bought more than a hundred Alaskas for that price
@rsync94905 жыл бұрын
Alaska's gdp is 47 billion. That is like purchasing a multi million dollar mansion for $1000.
@ananyaiyer3343 жыл бұрын
2:06 Russia and the States running across what seems to be a green field in the Netherlands yelling, "Friends forever!" Ah, if they only knew.
@MegaEZC2 жыл бұрын
Great job!!
@Hafiz_G_Lumber_14 жыл бұрын
NATIVE AMERICANS BE LIKE: "YOU GUYS ARE GETTING PAID"
@markm2044 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@archieames19684 жыл бұрын
'Native Americans' weren't a single nation. Who owns what? Who do you pay out of hundreds of bands, tribes, and confederations, many of whom move around and have no formal record keeping or land ownership or legal system? Outside of a few of the urban areas you couldn't 'compensate' most Indians like you would another industrialized nation even if you wanted to.
@bobmcbob494 жыл бұрын
at least the Oneida figured out how shit works and bought a bunch of land from the Menominee.
@archieames19684 жыл бұрын
@Jonny Karr nope, you pulled that number out of your arse. Nobody knows how many there were but there probably were much fewer than that and the vast majority died of disease not 'murder' which the cold hard truth was inevitable unless the Age of Exploration could be delayed until germ theory which is also practically impossible.
@phoenixdragon37324 жыл бұрын
@@archieames1968 i cant even watch this shit without having you be a neo nazi parasite in the comments.
@pacoramon94684 жыл бұрын
You can buy Alaska for the prize of a flat in Maanhattan.
@OGDiamonds4 жыл бұрын
you can buy alaska for the same price as a car
@AllenBaby74 жыл бұрын
Inflation bois. Dont forget😂
@KolchaksGhost4 жыл бұрын
Allen Baby it’s sad to see people that think things were just cheaper.
@IliasJoels4 жыл бұрын
$7,200,000 in 1867 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $124,729,783.78 in 2020.
@blogofbored32244 жыл бұрын
Bot Purchasing power? That’s a new one.
@scpguy13812 жыл бұрын
Fun fact Russia actually tried to sell Alaska to Liechtenstein but they where refused.
@stevemc012 жыл бұрын
Land Surveyors: "Heeeeeeyyyyyy... maybe don't sell this thing... we feel this might actually be very important for farther down the road when neede-" Tsar: "Shut up. I'm doing business. Besides, what use is that hellhole anyway?" "CYKA BLYAT"
@CHNWA4 жыл бұрын
I imagine the USA sent the pawn stars guy to negotiate on their behalf
@thebandit02563 жыл бұрын
They will probably send Corey and Rick while Chumlee would be kill by a bear
@meanmachine20033 жыл бұрын
Rick
@Wltrwllyngaeiou3 жыл бұрын
Look man, I've got to make a profit and it's gonna be a while before someone comes through that door looking to buy a colony, so it's going to be taking up a lot of space
@bkrmds3 жыл бұрын
Best I can do is $7.2 million
@tommykawaii3 жыл бұрын
And he made that final offer after, of course, calling a specialist
@MrNhanBui5 жыл бұрын
Next time , " Why did Denmark sell Greenland to America ? "
@PropiaPersona5 жыл бұрын
Lots of resources under that melting ice Or demons
@beersmurff5 жыл бұрын
Well, Greenland is a sovereign state, so we wont sell it. Dont worry :-)
@MrNhanBui5 жыл бұрын
@@beersmurff i bet some rusians under graves have same statement =))
@beersmurff5 жыл бұрын
@@MrNhanBui But Alaska was a Russian colony/part of Russia. So they owned it and could sell it. Greenland has been independent for many years and is in a Dominion with Denmark, meaning they share our monarchy, they are reliant on our defense and police, they align to Danish foreign policy etc, but they have their own parliament and representatives in the Danish and they have an open opt out that means they can go fully independent from one day to the other if they choose. It is not for Denmark to sell something they dont own. We dont have colonies anymore :-)
@TheVerota095 жыл бұрын
greenland is an autonomous danish dominion, like the faroe islands, so the danish cannot sell it, and the faroe islands, greenland and denmark form the kingdom of denmark, so there is another reason greenland cannot be sold
@nik65stgt60 Жыл бұрын
Great content!
@WhatUpTKHere3 жыл бұрын
I love these videos but the patron shoutouts make them really hard to binge
@marcelomayerhofer26685 жыл бұрын
Just Imagine the cold war with "Alaska SSR" Bloody Hell
@morsecode9805 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the Soviet Union made propaganda in the 1930’s about taking Alaska back, so that could’ve been a reality if the Soviets cared enough
@marcelomayerhofer26685 жыл бұрын
@Some Guy kkkkkkkkk I'm Brazilian mate
@AndrewVasirov5 жыл бұрын
Brian Barlow He said in the 30's. Back then, there were no nukes.
@lonelittlejerry9175 жыл бұрын
@@marcelomayerhofer2668 Cuidado piso molhado
@marcelomayerhofer26685 жыл бұрын
@@lonelittlejerry917 In Portuguese this don't make much sense kkkkkkkkk
@TheNinjaDC5 жыл бұрын
So, the same reason France sold Lousiana to the US so cheap; to keep it out of UK's hands.
@yarpen265 жыл бұрын
Not the UK, the US. Napoleon knew Louisiana would be invaded anyway so might as well collect some money by giving it up peacefully.
@brandonlyon7305 жыл бұрын
Ironically that purchase was technically illegal in the U.S., the president at the time Thomas Jefferson agreed to purchase it with Emperor Napoleon, even though that purchase was completely illegal since he did it without asking Congress for permission since they are the ones in charge of money. Despite that, Congress let it slid since it was so much land in a small timeframe and approved the purchase later on. This is especially ironic for Jefferson to do, since he was a stern believer of following the US constitution and yet he blantly broke it in this one instance.
@richardescobar93065 жыл бұрын
Brandon Lyon i don’t remember where I heard this, I could be wrong on it, but didn’t Jefferson say that it was a treaty of some sort and not a purchase as a loophole
@No1reallydies5 жыл бұрын
Napoleon was very smart he probably had spies in America telling him that they were planning to seize that land anyway .
@grogery15705 жыл бұрын
The real kicker to that deal is the US got the money to buy Louisiana from Dutch brokers who borrowed it from the British! the British would probably not have approved the deal if they had known as Napoleon used the money to finance his wars!
@stephenfoulard34842 жыл бұрын
Rare map error! Right around 1:56, your US Civil War map has the correct border(s) with Mexico, but when it wipes to all-blue for 1865, the Gadsden Purchase has suddenly been refunded! Gasp!
@iwasneverhere9189 Жыл бұрын
Russia: I will sell you this worthless parcel of land to you US: ok, deal! So like what do what for it, a crackerjack prize? Also Russia Today: God dammit!
@thomasturner69805 жыл бұрын
Britain: I'm gonna control all land north of the USA in the future Russia: How about no? *Sells it to the USA*
@PASTRAMIKick5 жыл бұрын
They like border gore
@shorewall5 жыл бұрын
@tamenga88 Yeah, that would have been WWIII. Maybe better that they did sell it.
@Wanderer6285 жыл бұрын
Lmao, he literally states in the video the UK wasn't interested. How exactly does this 'joke work?
@TexasViking_INFP-t_5w45 жыл бұрын
@@Wanderer628 because people don't watch the whole video. They read the title and scroll to the comments section and just engage in ignorant comments.
@grovemeister045 жыл бұрын
Britain: how bout i do anyway
@louis49495 жыл бұрын
“The Russian empire was also keen to keep up it’s good relations with the Americans” 100 years later: *Oh how the tables have turned*
@danthemango5 жыл бұрын
Oh how the turntables
@yarpen265 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the Imperial Russian regime was still so unpopular among the American public opinion that it wasn't until the February Revolution that the Americans started accepting the idea of fighting on the side of the now fully democratized Allies.
@maliceharding46685 жыл бұрын
@Aggressive Tubesocklies
@johnstamos41865 жыл бұрын
Oh how the turns have tabled
@eitkoml5 жыл бұрын
Alliances change with time.
@KuDastardly2 жыл бұрын
Dude, imagine how many ICBMs the Soviets coulda parked on Alaska's tail if the land still belonged to them, lol.
@hoseapatrick24352 жыл бұрын
Russia: "😱😢😭😭 i want my territory back" US: " You sold it out, crying baby " YOU CAN'T GET IT BACK. SORRY.
@DrDapperTF24 жыл бұрын
2:07 that aged well
@aryanpatil93692 жыл бұрын
And still it's going on with worse stuff....
@brianlam2575 жыл бұрын
So neither Russia, USA or Britain really gave a darn about Alaska
@tbush66575 жыл бұрын
ironically, Russia offered to buy it back after the Alaskan gold rush.
@brianlam2575 жыл бұрын
@@tbush6657 Apparently the surveyors didn't do their job very well
@SassyP175 жыл бұрын
@@brianlam257 well they did want to keep it. Maybe found gold but didnt want to tell anyone
@brianlam2575 жыл бұрын
@@SassyP17 There's a gold mine sitting beneath us. We need to do something
@peggyfranzen61595 жыл бұрын
Ma Sato Hey, Alaska is cool!
@saultube443 жыл бұрын
This should be how History is taught: simplified to the level that is needed
@pedrojuan80503 жыл бұрын
2:33 I thought it was written 7 million plus tax cuz it would sound really American.
@TheMikael783 жыл бұрын
”Russia had approached the US in the early 1860s regarding a purchase, but they were undergoing this little known event called the American civil war and so were a bit busy” 😂 love the “Later” sign!!!
@Amelia_-qy9nz5 жыл бұрын
Russian Empire: we would sell Alaska to the US to improve relations Certain bald guy in 1917: I am going to stop you right there
@milckop29725 жыл бұрын
@@apexefun9164 you are sut a dumb
@westernyay17015 жыл бұрын
APEXE Fun communist
@levvy30065 жыл бұрын
Lenin gave independence to Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and many others. The Communists didn't want Alaska, Lenin wanted countries to have independence and self government to break up the Russian Empire.
@kappadarwin94765 жыл бұрын
It was more Stalin to be honest.
@saldownik5 жыл бұрын
@Levvy What do you mean Lenin gave independence? I don't recollect him letting anything out of his grasp voluntarily.
@suii9677 Жыл бұрын
The day James Bisonette stops supporting this channel is the day we realise somethings gone terribly wrong.
@davidmcconnell-booher2443 Жыл бұрын
Proud resident of Seward's Folly, here. James Michener's Alaska book is an excellent read for more exploration of Alaska through the ages.
@th3lazypirate8795 жыл бұрын
Russia: sells land for $7,200,000 U.S.: finds way more gold and oil worth the price Russia: stonks
@crocs43045 жыл бұрын
@@dogeboi2093 There still was gold and oil tho. And gold and oil was more expensive in the 1890s.
@TheRajapala5 жыл бұрын
Cyka blyat
@zGJungle5 жыл бұрын
@@dogeboi2093 " there wasn't much gold or oil on Alaska back then " , yeah I guess all these minerals just formed in in a few years right ?
@dogeboi20935 жыл бұрын
@Arthur Morgan what is it?
@dogeboi20935 жыл бұрын
Alaska doesent matter russia still has more nukes than the us
@ceasefire9155 жыл бұрын
Russia: We'll sell it for 10 million *Rick Harrison breaks through the door* Rick: I can only do 30
@Dienow3xw4 жыл бұрын
You a blitz player?
@ceasefire9154 жыл бұрын
@@Dienow3xw yea
@Dienow3xw4 жыл бұрын
@@ceasefire915 hell yea dude.
@Etadzigner4 жыл бұрын
Lol and the Old Man would say "Kids don’t know how to play these days, and that’s what’s wrong with the damn world"
@steve15834 жыл бұрын
@@Dienow3xw blitz is the best war-gaming game
@josephmcdonald9933 Жыл бұрын
This little event... my God buddy you are amazing
@CptnJCFG2 жыл бұрын
I imagine putin at night dreaming of getting alaska back by force lol
@ClickBeetleTV4 жыл бұрын
The "Shut up, nerd" sign makes me laugh every time you use it for some reason
@Guitcad13 жыл бұрын
Russia: I'd like to get $10 million for it. US: Yeah, best I can do is $7.2 million and I'm taking a HUGE risk here!
@cb41503 Жыл бұрын
Tbf we didn't really know what it would be worth, so it was a fair risk
@rawbacon2 жыл бұрын
Even adjusted for inflation that seems like a heck of a deal.
@korgei2 жыл бұрын
This was both funny and informative
@mm-20185 жыл бұрын
Russia : " yes it's for sale" America : " We'll take it" Indigenous natives : " but but wait"
@lonelyspirit13705 жыл бұрын
@European Awakening What was the war
@leodarksam62305 жыл бұрын
@European Awakening This isn't the colonial era.
@deprogramm5 жыл бұрын
Lonely Spirit the war was when they couldn’t stop the Russians.
@christiansgathering44085 жыл бұрын
America bought Alaska from Russia because it was illegal to give money Directly to Russia for their help in the Civil war...Russia helped the North by cutting off supplies to the South from England
@JasonLee-gy5ch4 жыл бұрын
@@johannesgrunder290 Genocide more like a war the Natives in America put up a fight and a good one at that.
@julianaylor43514 жыл бұрын
I had to do an essay on Alaska in Geography at school. At that time no one knew it had oil and at that time they had little use for it, even if they had known.
@rivencleftofstars4592 Жыл бұрын
I did not know this. Now I do. Thank you.
@cschmitz1002 жыл бұрын
America was busy with a little thing called the civil. (Puppet holds up sign that simply says “later”) 😂
@gl1500ctv4 жыл бұрын
2:00 "One Alaska please!" 🤣
@podcuts4065 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early alaska was still a dominion of the Russian empire
@jakobkiilerich35885 жыл бұрын
Abdulla Alzarooni Alzarooni I like your middle/last name
@cv48095 жыл бұрын
*S O O N*
@sacluvsBM5 жыл бұрын
And so was NorCal. Sebastopol, California. Beautiful Russian Orthodox church there.
@greenbutter31903 жыл бұрын
Stable video 👍
@murraykelm56912 жыл бұрын
With a history full of blunders ,this one is near the top of the list
@joeclark18935 жыл бұрын
Imagine if it had remained Russian ALASKAN MISSILE CRISIS
@dean10395 жыл бұрын
Then imagine ww2 with Alaska in Japanese hands.
@Jebu9115 жыл бұрын
@Usecriticalthinking But the effects of japan owning alaska would have been pretty catastrophic for Allied war effort as Japan needed oil and steel and alaska has plenty of both.
@Jebu9115 жыл бұрын
@Usecriticalthinking Well they did already refine a ton of fuel in alaska in the early 30's. Considering oil wells were already been built in alaska in 1902 I would assume japan would have improved alaskas infrastructure to get their hands on more oil as they actually imported over 60% of their oil. It wasn't worth it to build infrastructure in alaska back then for US but its a different tale for Japan.
@Sara33465 жыл бұрын
@@dean1039 No need to imagine they invaded the Aleutian islands in world war two which are technically part of Alaska.
@theworldoverheavan5605 жыл бұрын
Lol
@jaymay79573 жыл бұрын
I remember getting into arguments with people when I moved to the lower 48 from Alaska about Alaska being a state and not a separate country, not being an island next to Hawaii and also it being bigger than Texas. Among other stupid assumptions lol. People would see those pull down maps in class and believe that it was exactly like that lol
@odysseusrex59082 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Of course, there are also a remarkable number of people who think *New* Mexico is also a foreign country. I was corresponding a couple of years ago with some guy who was convinced you had to go through customs any time you traveled between states, so what are you gonna do?
@aoikemono64142 жыл бұрын
Considering even this channel represents Alaska as 60% the size of the contiguous US in the video, I think Alaska is still one of those mysteries scientists will never be able to solve. 😄
@YaowBucketHEAD2 жыл бұрын
@@odysseusrex5908 I can second this. I was born in New Mexico and lived around the United States. Most people are convinced that I'm an illegal Mexican immigrant. 😑
@maasro2 жыл бұрын
But wouldn't you like the island next to Hawaii to be actually true? In my country we have an expression: The wish is the father of the thought...
@Phil-ui4tm2 жыл бұрын
Well then why don’t you go back to your country if you don’t like it here. Oh wait
@WrongAndHome3 ай бұрын
I swear 90% of historical questions can be answered by a History Matters character holding up a sign saying "Sounds pricey"
@ericshinn67372 жыл бұрын
Great video - Can you do another on how Alaska got its "panhandle" rather than Canada?
@500hour25 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The Tsar at the time first offered alaska to the House of Liechtenstein, but the prince turned down the offer.
@alexandercrush5 жыл бұрын
Because there was no way he could keep it secure after the purchase. Most likely Britain would have just taken it from the Prince after the purchase.
@mikeoxmaul454 жыл бұрын
2:27 love how the right man's riband goes over the waistcoat and under the morning coat. It's the little details
@vinnybellorado30753 жыл бұрын
2:02 yeah. That went well...
@YakAttack915 Жыл бұрын
It never gets old watching the characters frolic through the fields. Lol
@oorrossie5 жыл бұрын
Worth mentioning that the Alaska Purchase was viewed somewhat negatively by Americans at the time. It was referred to by a lot of critics as "Johnson's polar bear garden" and "Seward's folly" by many (Johnson being the president and Seward being the secretary of state that negotiated it.
@MarkLewis...5 жыл бұрын
Also... "Seward's Icebox"
@df52952 жыл бұрын
I could see how they might have thought that. Back then it was just a huge vast wilderness without a shared border with the US. Also, couldn't the US have used the $7.2 million to rebuild after the Civil War?
@ellismarquez84102 жыл бұрын
The discovery of gold and oil more than made up for it.
@Thetequilashooter15 жыл бұрын
I wish that the USA and Russia were actually good friends. This adversarial relationship is getting old.
@Tatusiek_15 жыл бұрын
Yes the US was great friends with white russia, the soviets were the enemies.
@PeruvianPotato5 жыл бұрын
No Russian Revolution would've probably made the world better
@wastedoxys5 жыл бұрын
One day when the new generation want peace
@darukan5 жыл бұрын
They aren't that bad of enemies tbh. Usa still supplies them with shit and probably visa versa
@kappadarwin94765 жыл бұрын
Putin needs an enemy, because if the US wasn't there to cast the blame on, Putin would have to answer for all the unreasonable spending he has been doing.
@sandman01232 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the quick summary! :-) It would've been worth mentioning that it was also contraversial in America at the time, since it was seen by some that as a huge amount of money for essentially "buying a fridge". After the purchase of course, large gold deposits were found and the goldrush started, not to mention the value of all the other useful natural resources. In more recent times (think cold war), the Russians were probably hugely annoyed about the sale becuase Alaska would've had enormous strategic value. It would've also been interesting to hear about how Russia ended up having Alaska, in the first place.
@tyleralmquist76062 жыл бұрын
Man The US is like those guys from antique shows who always find something special for the best bargain imaginable
@williamcox6322 жыл бұрын
Facts
@bigwingedkuriboh5 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of my favorite arc in Corey in the House where he accidentally returns Alaska to the Russian prime minister and has to use his stand [The Corey Shuffle] to beat him, the reigning dance champion, in order to win it back.
@aidan-ib7qk4 жыл бұрын
hahah wtf
@gazaalley38624 жыл бұрын
That was awsome
@blogofbored32244 жыл бұрын
Is this a JOJO reference!?!?
@AncientAccounts5 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early there was no sea between Russia and alaska
@RafaelTopgunStudios5 жыл бұрын
Ancient Accounts - Animated History that sentence gave me cancer
@AncientAccounts5 жыл бұрын
@@RafaelTopgunStudios f
@Perririri4 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early, Trump and Epstein were still fucking the same boy!!
@y0u5uf2 жыл бұрын
These are so goooood..
@williampierce20342 жыл бұрын
Good video.
@UwU-xk5cx5 жыл бұрын
Russia: have fun with your piece of ice! This money was totally worth it US: *digs a hole with a shovel and oil starts to rain from the hole* yay we are richer!! Russia still in economic crisis: blyat.....
@missingnon-existent80095 жыл бұрын
_____FRIENDS FOREVER____ 😆 That completely distracted me from the facts.
@jamiefrazier51375 жыл бұрын
It's subliminal but true per se. If you want me to elaborate. Just ask.
@WadcaWymiaru5 жыл бұрын
Socialism...that cancer that infected the world...without it, it would be worldwide peace...
@theexam73944 жыл бұрын
@@WadcaWymiaru there's a difference between socialism and communism.
@WadcaWymiaru4 жыл бұрын
@@theexam7394 I live in socialistic country was was communistic once...no difference. Only corrupted politicians found other way to lie...wish they all disappear in new elections in Poland in 16.10.19 but i doubt.
@theexam73944 жыл бұрын
@@WadcaWymiaru what I meant was there's a difference between socialism and communism in political and economic aspects. I can enumerate or give a link if you wish.
@bamboolaceway2 жыл бұрын
All I remember from history class was "Seward's Folly"!
@bradb825 ай бұрын
here because Russia wants Alaska back now, Putin declared the sale illegitimate 😂