• Kirbywithwhip1987OP
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    2 years ago

    Didn’t Russia sold Alaska to USA in 1867? If it didn’t sold it, it would be part of USSR and be a SSR after revolution.

    Alaska would be autonomous republic in today’s Russia, like Chechnya for example and then a SSR in case USSR is reformed.

    Since it was stolen from Mexico by USA and everything USA did and does to Mexico for centuries to this day, Mexico more than deserves a chunk of USA as a payoff+ big part of southern state demographics are Mexicans, that would be just 10 states then 1 to Russia and 1 to Cuba, the rest independent along with whole Canada.

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      2 years ago

      It doesn’t matter if Russia sold it. The land was still an administrative colony designed for resource extraction. Neither Russia or the US have any reasonable claim to Alaska.

      Also even if Alaska wasn’t sold, there would be no way it would remain as an SSR. It would have been quickly invaded and annexed by the United States or Canada during the Revolution or Russian Civil War.

      Plus Russia sold the land to the US in 1867 because Britain and Canada were preparing for a land invasion due to Russia being weakened after the Crimean War. Russia would not have been able to defend and supply their Alaskan holdings, and it would have been an almost certain loss. Hence why Russia sold Alaska to the United State for an extremely cheap price extremely quickly.