Yesterday I saw a Wikipedia article on the sale of Alaska by Russia in 1867. This prompted me to ask this question. And more precisely - what would happen in the twentieth century with an opportunity for Russia to be much closer to the Americans. Here is my scenario: Russia is not selling this possession. The years of war are coming - the First World War and the Civil War. Washington sent troops into the riots to seize the territory, but were repulsed. These events and the Second World War pass. It's the Cold War ... I think Alaska's rule would worry Americans a lot now. They will not agree to Russia being so close to their lands. Therefore, this would be one of the "hot spots". And you, what do you think
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I think from so much if, if, so it smells. Just live with history as it is, and as for Russia, it would still be where it is today. Alaska is not a very important region, and no matter what resources it offers, the Russians are number one in wasting it and so much more - they would be neither better than today, nor worse.
The only thing that would happen would be that your topic would be called "if Russia had sold ...". I advise you to focus your forces and energy on self-building and working for self-improvement, anyway you will not fix world politics, respectively there is no point in analyzing it. If you had any chances to become a Russian or American president, yes, but if you are an ordinary Bulgarian citizen, what is it for you?
For many things, for everything we can fantasize "what if". If we were not 500 years under slavery and 50 years under communism, how would we be now?