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Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.

The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867.

It was sold in 1867, but some Russians want Alaska back from the US

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Why did Russia sell Alaska to the United States?

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