Why did Russia offer to sell Alaska to the United States?

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2 answers:

JulijaS [17]3 years ago

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The answer is A, just checked

GalinKa [24]3 years ago

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Answer:

A.)Russia did not believe the territory was worth continuing to own.

Explanation:

Alaska was far away from the continental mainland, and was hard to defend, they didn´t have many natural resources and was not wprth keeping, this all add up to the fact that they believed that the United States would eventually invade the territory, so they´d just sell it and gain some money out of it.

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