"Russia and America, friends forever!" Tragic.

@genghiskhan5701

3 жыл бұрын

Communism is helluva drug

@itsurboidonnie

3 жыл бұрын

@@genghiskhan5701 yep

@vufcyfxcyyfccfugvi7466

3 жыл бұрын

It's not about communism. It's about money.

@epieursvelte13cirertrollferpur

3 жыл бұрын

В америке не было коммунизма со времен ссср

@patthonsirilim5739

3 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.

It's crazy to think at one point, Russia was part of Europe, Asia, and North America.

@arvinlim9062

4 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.

@dragonofthewest8305

4 жыл бұрын

@@vladescu3g true

@jaredxu3647

4 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

@vladescu3g

4 жыл бұрын

@@jaredxu3647 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.

@jaredxu3647

4 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

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.

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!

@seanthe100

2 жыл бұрын

"much like today" so true 🤣🤣

@elysium540

2 жыл бұрын

😅

@rcfrantzen7290

2 жыл бұрын

How bout a Hug!!

@Slo-ryde

2 жыл бұрын

In this day and age....its better to lay low under the radar.

@sudoblue9777

2 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.

Russia:Have fun with your frozen wasteland comrade USA: *Finds oil and gold* Russia:Cyka Blyat

@chaseviking5096

5 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.

@rachelslur8729

5 жыл бұрын

@@chaseviking5096 Russia doesn't search, Russia only assassinates.

@chaseviking5096

5 жыл бұрын

@@rachelslur8729 bloody true man

@rachelslur8729

5 жыл бұрын

@@chaseviking5096 too bloody... 😂

@chaseviking5096

5 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.

Russia: sells Alaska because thought was a lump of snow USA: finds oil Russia: O_O

@levvy3006

4 жыл бұрын

Russia has more oil than all of North America combined.

@TheOriginalJphyper

3 жыл бұрын

Also gold. Don't forget the gold.

@ttouds9583

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheOriginalJphyper not mentioning DIAMONDs :)

@greattatarkhanball1073

3 жыл бұрын

Мы знали о нефти но она была тогда дешевле бумаги

@YoutubeGuy825

3 жыл бұрын

@@levvy3006 not true. America has no even tapped into its reserves

When you realize that it would cost more to make a Hollywood movie about the Alaska purchase then the actual Alaska purchase

@danielduncan6806

3 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.

@tomerpilo5193

3 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_dog8235

3 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_dog8235

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomerpilo5193 He needs to feel better about his own insecurities, that's why he called you stupid.

@maddie9602

3 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.

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.

@anngarth

2 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 🤣

Alaska: we are the biggest state in the USA! Texas: you’re adopted

@user-vm6mw5xw7o

4 жыл бұрын

all texans have a very personal vendetta against alaska for being larger

@blakedavis2447

4 жыл бұрын

Alaska: SHUT UP MIDGET !!

@Shaz337

4 жыл бұрын

Technically texas was adopted to

@Mirokuofnite

4 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.

@warrenlehmkuhleii8472

4 жыл бұрын

Alaska: Your adopted too. Texas: MOM! US: Will you stop yelling? I am trying to get Michigan and Ohio to play along.

I like the scene where Russia and America run on a field of flowers like best friends.

@muktamalakar5771

3 жыл бұрын

Lol😂😂🤣, I loved that scene too, under a beautiful sky with floating clouds

@homunculus777

3 жыл бұрын

Best friends FOREVER!

@rockypope6296

3 жыл бұрын

If you like that then you will love the ending to metal gear solid 3

@389383

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but it should have been in slow motion with a love song in the background.

@meanmachine2003

3 жыл бұрын

watch the next season, things change drastically.

Crazy to think that there are cars more expensive than entire land masses

@blubbsblabbs2245

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

@@blubbsblabbs2245 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

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.

Imagine what the Soviet Union could’ve done if it had Alaska during the Cold War.........

@ruatsangawhite7261

4 жыл бұрын

Ya

@davidfreeman3083

4 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).

@rdsdsrddds2347

4 жыл бұрын

@@davidfreeman3083 It is important . At that time the nuclear missiles could not reach the us. So having Alaska woul've helped russia.

@riptyurass302

4 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.

@RAKITHA9

4 жыл бұрын

The white Russians would have fled to Alaska during the Russian Civil war , becoming Russias Taiwan

USA: *Finds oil in Alaska* Russia: "This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever!"

@NickTV25

3 жыл бұрын

im pretty sure we actually found a ton of gold in alaska so you’re not very far off

@dirktween244

3 жыл бұрын

>> Russia laughs > Canada laughs > Long term accountant the united states: needs Alaska resources for the next century, to break even ! >> Alaska laughs

@FAKELIEN

3 жыл бұрын

@@NickTV25 we did and the northernmost town in the US “Barron” only exists because of an oil deposit.

@thunderbird1921

3 жыл бұрын

Well, Russia does have massive fields and reserves in Siberia, so it wasn't incredibly devastating for them.

@AndrewAMartin

3 жыл бұрын

@@FAKELIEN That would be Barrow, not Barron...

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

This video has suddenly become relevant again.

@godlover9096

4 ай бұрын

I just heard about that. Do you think this will be used as a pretense for war with the US?

@MisterTengu

4 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.

@godlover9096

4 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.

@goese868

3 ай бұрын

Huh? What has happened?

“Overseas territory” *51 Miles (81Km) away from Siberia*

@timomastosalo

4 жыл бұрын

... over a sea, ocean. Though with the islands, it's not even that.

@Salman.914

4 жыл бұрын

More like 2 km if you include the diamonds islands

@Supperdude9

4 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.

@1993Redemption

4 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.

@steelbear2063

4 жыл бұрын

The Empire also had parts of California, so it counts even without Alaska

James bizentte: heard this name more than my own sons

@poki2outof103

3 жыл бұрын

lmao

@that1scoutcollins851

3 жыл бұрын

Just name your son James Bizentte and that’ll fix everything.

@cang5844

3 жыл бұрын

@@that1scoutcollins851 I think i might have to at this point

@SP-ft4ir

3 жыл бұрын

Also David archeologists

@scorps4324

3 жыл бұрын

Why

Extremely helpful. So much packed in such a short time, yet so easy to understand

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.

@gothenmosph5151

2 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'

@richardthomas5362

2 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.

@AlexanderRM1000

2 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.

@SonOfAdolf

2 жыл бұрын

@@gothenmosph5151 Call my woman a name again and see what happens

@gothenmosph5151

2 жыл бұрын

@@SonOfAdolf oh look an internet tough guy

"The Russian Empire was keen to keep up good relations with the Americans." *wish we could turn back time, to the good old days*

@campkira

3 жыл бұрын

it was before ww2...

@rurunosep

3 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.

@dguy0386

3 жыл бұрын

@Nevvux Rao the cold war started several years before the Korean war

@dguy0386

3 жыл бұрын

@Nevvux Rao and as far as i know Russia had nothing to do with it.

@dguy0386

3 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

-Russia and the U.S. -Best friends forever. -FOREVAAAAAR

@aleksandarvil5718

5 жыл бұрын

@al bar Before Red October Happened

@bryanmanuel4945

5 жыл бұрын

Communism happens well a few decades later anyway.

@PhillyPhanVinny

5 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.

@TheNinjaDC

5 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.

@PhillyPhanVinny

5 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.

“The Russian empire was keen on keeping up with good relationshop with the US” Communism and Cold War: allow us to introduce ourselves

I love your channel keep up the great stuff!

And today Alaska probably produces enough oil and other natural ressources worth that price they sold it for every day.

@andreascovano7742

5 жыл бұрын

it's not like russiahas need of natural resources though

@RICO_SUAVE_86_

5 жыл бұрын

Matthias S1234 *resources

@viveka2994

5 жыл бұрын

Remember that inflation did exist

@Wanderer628

5 жыл бұрын

You know there's a little thing called inflation, ever heard of it?

@jfdavis668

5 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.

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*

@brandonlyon730

5 жыл бұрын

To be fair, the Russians had a bit of change in leadership since then.

@saintjiub8202

5 жыл бұрын

@@brandonlyon730 not just russia

@blackcat1642

5 жыл бұрын

To be fair America invaded Russia

@brandonlyon730

5 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.

@allninelivez7631

5 жыл бұрын

It should be "Communism has entered the chat". But I appreciate the humour in this time of need.

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.

Thanks for posting!

FYI: $7.2 million in 1867 is worth about $127 million today

@atila5341

3 жыл бұрын

there still houses in the US more expensive then alaska

@MTCoblivsicas12345

3 жыл бұрын

Still an absolute steal what a great deal.

@MTCoblivsicas12345

3 жыл бұрын

@Simon oil and gold was found worth 10x or more what they paid Russia.

@cero2277

3 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

@cero2277

3 жыл бұрын

@NormalSodaGuy I didn’t say it was a bad deal

Russia: "This has been the worst trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever,”

@dcbanacek2

5 жыл бұрын

Delaware Indians in 1626: Manhattan Island is worth how many beads? Sold.

@653j521

5 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.

@dlew3624

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget treason mays Brexit deal. Worst in history" Germany finally conquers Europe. Hitler would have a massive boner.

@TheAllMightyGodofCod

5 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.

@dlew3624

5 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

I just love every video History Matters puts out that answers question s that I never knew I had.

Russia: "😱😢😭😭 i want my territory back" US: " You sold it out, crying baby " YOU CAN'T GET IT BACK. SORRY.

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.

@frggdeckkkydexhhgg

4 жыл бұрын

He even sent 12 warships to America's western coastline.

@ECloudDog

4 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.

@esamano

4 жыл бұрын

1868.

@Ugh-Fudge_Bwana

4 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.

@BlindingGlow

4 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.

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

@mrjackson3426

5 жыл бұрын

Only 108? That’s literally nothing for land that size

@annofan-jz7dq

5 жыл бұрын

@@mrjackson3426 That is just Inflation. The Purchasing Power of that money back then was far greater than 108 million USD today.

@joechang8696

5 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

@rallis3937

5 жыл бұрын

@@joechang8696 Thats still pretty amazingly cheap. Jeff bezos could have bought more than a hundred Alaskas for that price

@rsync9490

5 жыл бұрын

Alaska's gdp is 47 billion. That is like purchasing a multi million dollar mansion for $1000.

USA: "One Alaska please" Muscovites: "OK"

The signs & characters & the chalk board in this video are hilarious.

This just shows you don’t need a 20 minute video with five ads in between to answer one question.

America to America: Alright don't tell Alaska that he was adopted.

@EstudosTeshuvahComVancler

4 жыл бұрын

Alaska’s a boy?

@anemu3819

4 жыл бұрын

@@EstudosTeshuvahComVancler yes

@AldoHExse

4 жыл бұрын

Ryan, and California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah were kidnapped

@attatawil

4 жыл бұрын

Excuse me, did you just assume Alaska’s gender!?!? REEEE!!!!!

@arizonasucculent8632

4 жыл бұрын

@@AldoHExse they were actually sold by Mexico. Also you forgot Arizona.

Great job!!

Great content!

You can buy Alaska for the prize of a flat in Maanhattan.

@OGDiamonds

4 жыл бұрын

you can buy alaska for the same price as a car

@AllenBaby7

4 жыл бұрын

Inflation bois. Dont forget😂

@KolchaksGhost

4 жыл бұрын

Allen Baby it’s sad to see people that think things were just cheaper.

@IliasJoels

4 жыл бұрын

$7,200,000 in 1867 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $124,729,783.78 in 2020.

@blogofbored3224

4 жыл бұрын

Bot Purchasing power? That’s a new one.

NATIVE AMERICANS BE LIKE: "YOU GUYS ARE GETTING PAID"

@markm204

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@archieames1968

3 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.

@bobmcbob49

3 жыл бұрын

at least the Oneida figured out how shit works and bought a bunch of land from the Menominee.

@archieames1968

3 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.

@phoenixdragon3732

3 жыл бұрын

@@archieames1968 i cant even watch this shit without having you be a neo nazi parasite in the comments.

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"

I love these videos but the patron shoutouts make them really hard to binge

So, the same reason France sold Lousiana to the US so cheap; to keep it out of UK's hands.

@yarpen26

5 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.

@brandonlyon730

5 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.

@richardescobar9306

5 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

@No1reallydies

5 жыл бұрын

Napoleon was very smart he probably had spies in America telling him that they were planning to seize that land anyway .

@grogery1570

5 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!

Next time , " Why did Denmark sell Greenland to America ? "

@PropiaPersona

4 жыл бұрын

Lots of resources under that melting ice Or demons

@beersmurff

4 жыл бұрын

Well, Greenland is a sovereign state, so we wont sell it. Dont worry :-)

@MrNhanBui

4 жыл бұрын

@@beersmurff i bet some rusians under graves have same statement =))

@beersmurff

4 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 :-)

@TheVerota09

4 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

Fun fact Russia actually tried to sell Alaska to Liechtenstein but they where refused.

Proud resident of Seward's Folly, here. James Michener's Alaska book is an excellent read for more exploration of Alaska through the ages.

I imagine the USA sent the pawn stars guy to negotiate on their behalf

@thebandit0256

3 жыл бұрын

They will probably send Corey and Rick while Chumlee would be kill by a bear

@meanmachine2003

3 жыл бұрын

Rick

@Wltrwllyngaeiou

3 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

@bkrmds

3 жыл бұрын

Best I can do is $7.2 million

@tommykawaii

3 жыл бұрын

And he made that final offer after, of course, calling a specialist

“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*

@danthemango

5 жыл бұрын

Oh how the turntables

@yarpen26

5 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.

@maliceharding4668

5 жыл бұрын

@Aggressive Tubesocklies

@johnstamos4186

5 жыл бұрын

Oh how the turns have tabled

@eitkoml

5 жыл бұрын

Alliances change with time.

This little event... my God buddy you are amazing

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.

Britain: I'm gonna control all land north of the USA in the future Russia: How about no? *Sells it to the USA*

@PASTRAMIKick

5 жыл бұрын

They like border gore

@shorewall

5 жыл бұрын

@tamenga88 Yeah, that would have been WWIII. Maybe better that they did sell it.

@Wanderer628

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao, he literally states in the video the UK wasn't interested. How exactly does this 'joke work?

@TexasViking_INFP-t_5w4

5 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.

@grovemeister04

5 жыл бұрын

Britain: how bout i do anyway

Just Imagine the cold war with "Alaska SSR" Bloody Hell

@morsecode980

5 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

@marcelomayerhofer2668

5 жыл бұрын

@Some Guy kkkkkkkkk I'm Brazilian mate

@AndrewVasirov

5 жыл бұрын

Brian Barlow He said in the 30's. Back then, there were no nukes.

@lonelittlejerry917

5 жыл бұрын

@@marcelomayerhofer2668 Cuidado piso molhado

@marcelomayerhofer2668

5 жыл бұрын

@@lonelittlejerry917 In Portuguese this don't make much sense kkkkkkkkk

This was both funny and informative

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!

So neither Russia, USA or Britain really gave a darn about Alaska

@tbush6657

5 жыл бұрын

ironically, Russia offered to buy it back after the Alaskan gold rush.

@brianlam257

5 жыл бұрын

@@tbush6657 Apparently the surveyors didn't do their job very well

@SassyP17

5 жыл бұрын

@@brianlam257 well they did want to keep it. Maybe found gold but didnt want to tell anyone

@brianlam257

5 жыл бұрын

@@SassyP17 There's a gold mine sitting beneath us. We need to do something

@peggyfranzen6159

5 жыл бұрын

Ma Sato Hey, Alaska is cool!

Russia: sells land for $7,200,000 U.S.: finds way more gold and oil worth the price Russia: stonks

@crocs4304

5 жыл бұрын

@@dogeboi2093 There still was gold and oil tho. And gold and oil was more expensive in the 1890s.

@TheRajapala

5 жыл бұрын

Cyka blyat

@zGJungle

5 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 ?

@dogeboi2093

5 жыл бұрын

@Arthur Morgan what is it?

@dogeboi2093

5 жыл бұрын

Alaska doesent matter russia still has more nukes than the us

I did not know this. Now I do. Thank you.

Lost the Crimean war, sale of Alaska, got absolutely slapped at battle of Tsushima, Russia was just an embarrassment going into the 20th century lol

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

@milckop2972

4 жыл бұрын

@@apexefun9164 you are sut a dumb

@westernyay1701

4 жыл бұрын

APEXE Fun communist

@levvy3006

4 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.

@kappadarwin9476

4 жыл бұрын

It was more Stalin to be honest.

@saldownik

4 жыл бұрын

@Levvy What do you mean Lenin gave independence? I don't recollect him letting anything out of his grasp voluntarily.

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

Great video - Can you do another on how Alaska got its "panhandle" rather than Canada?

Stable video 👍

”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!!!

2:07 that aged well

@aryanpatil9369

2 жыл бұрын

And still it's going on with worse stuff....

Dude, imagine how many ICBMs the Soviets coulda parked on Alaska's tail if the land still belonged to them, lol.

Even adjusted for inflation that seems like a heck of a deal.

Russia : " yes it's for sale" America : " We'll take it" Indigenous natives : " but but wait"

@lonelyspirit1370

4 жыл бұрын

@European Awakening What was the war

@leodarksam6230

4 жыл бұрын

@European Awakening This isn't the colonial era.

@deprogramm

4 жыл бұрын

Lonely Spirit the war was when they couldn’t stop the Russians.

@christiansgathering4408

4 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-gy5ch

4 жыл бұрын

@@johannesgrunder290 Genocide more like a war the Natives in America put up a fight and a good one at that.

Imagine if it had remained Russian ALASKAN MISSILE CRISIS

@dean1039

5 жыл бұрын

Then imagine ww2 with Alaska in Japanese hands.

@Jebu911

5 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.

@Jebu911

5 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.

@Sara3346

5 жыл бұрын

@@dean1039 No need to imagine they invaded the Aleutian islands in world war two which are technically part of Alaska.

@theworldoverheavan560

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

This should be how History is taught: simplified to the level that is needed

I don't believe I heard it mentioned that the purchase was known as Seward's Folly. This shows that many Americans thought the Alaskan purchase was a mistake. William H. Seward was Secretary of State, and the primary negotiator for the U.S. Thanks for this video! It was news to me that Russia approached the US first.

Russia: We'll sell it for 10 million *Rick Harrison breaks through the door* Rick: I can only do 30

@Dienow3xw

4 жыл бұрын

You a blitz player?

@ceasefire915

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dienow3xw yea

@Dienow3xw

4 жыл бұрын

@@ceasefire915 hell yea dude.

@Etadzigner

4 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"

@steve1583

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dienow3xw blitz is the best war-gaming game

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

@odysseusrex5908

2 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?

@aoikemono6414

2 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. 😄

@YaowBucketHEAD

2 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. 😑

@maasro

2 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-ui4tm

2 жыл бұрын

Well then why don’t you go back to your country if you don’t like it here. Oh wait

My favorite part of the sale is that because Russia used the Julian Calendar and the US used the Gregorian Calendar and the date line moved in the purchase, Friday, 6 October was followed by Friday, 18 October.

The day James Bisonette stops supporting this channel is the day we realise somethings gone terribly wrong.

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"

@df5295

2 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?

@ellismarquez8410

2 жыл бұрын

The discovery of gold and oil more than made up for it.

The "Shut up, nerd" sign makes me laugh every time you use it for some reason

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.

Great video! God loves you have a blessed day.🙏🏻😁❤

Last time I was this early alaska was still a dominion of the Russian empire

@jakobkiilerich3588

5 жыл бұрын

Abdulla Alzarooni Alzarooni I like your middle/last name

@cv4809

5 жыл бұрын

*S O O N*

@sacluvsBM

5 жыл бұрын

And so was NorCal. Sebastopol, California. Beautiful Russian Orthodox church there.

2:00 "One Alaska please!" 🤣

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!

These are so goooood..

I wish that the USA and Russia were actually good friends. This adversarial relationship is getting old.

@eggrollsoup

5 жыл бұрын

Yes the US was great friends with white russia, the soviets were the enemies.

@PeruvianPotato

5 жыл бұрын

No Russian Revolution would've probably made the world better

@wastedoxys

4 жыл бұрын

One day when the new generation want peace

@darukan

4 жыл бұрын

They aren't that bad of enemies tbh. Usa still supplies them with shit and probably visa versa

@kappadarwin9476

4 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.

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.

Worst sale ever! Best purchase ever! Though... Louisiana Purchase was pretty fantastic.

There was one other contender that was asked if they wanted to purchase Alaska, Liechtenstein, which refused the offer on account of it being patently ridiculous....

@DogsRNice

2 жыл бұрын

I mean Denmark has Greenland so it’s not too out there

Fun fact: The Tsar at the time first offered alaska to the House of Liechtenstein, but the prince turned down the offer.

@alexandercrush

5 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.

_____FRIENDS FOREVER____ 😆 That completely distracted me from the facts.

@jamiefrazier5137

5 жыл бұрын

It's subliminal but true per se. If you want me to elaborate. Just ask.

@WadcaWymiaru

4 жыл бұрын

Socialism...that cancer that infected the world...without it, it would be worldwide peace...

@theexam7394

4 жыл бұрын

@@WadcaWymiaru there's a difference between socialism and communism.

@WadcaWymiaru

4 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.

@theexam7394

4 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.

No mention of Seward's Folly? Or did I miss it... 🤔

Good video.

Last time I was this early there was no sea between Russia and alaska

@RafaelTopgunStudios

5 жыл бұрын

Ancient Accounts - Animated History that sentence gave me cancer

@AncientAccounts

5 жыл бұрын

​@@RafaelTopgunStudios f

@Perririri

3 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, Trump and Epstein were still fucking the same boy!!

2:08 U.S x Russia friends forever lol ...

@qui-gonjinn3322

4 жыл бұрын

Sweet dreams

@imperialwyvern

3 жыл бұрын

I wish. The world would be a better place if Russia and America put their differences aside for the greater good.

@imperialwyvern

3 жыл бұрын

@Car Tifusar I beg your pardon.

@fitmotheyap

3 жыл бұрын

@@imperialwyvern what he said You don't understand humans we are all greedy bois

@imperialwyvern

3 жыл бұрын

@@fitmotheyap I understood what he said. What I was actually asking is why he asked me such a stupidly obvious question.

2:02 yeah. That went well...

All I remember from history class was "Seward's Folly"!

So, we can say that before Crimean war sun didn't set in Russian Empire too.

@kaushalmehta8383

3 жыл бұрын

With No australia ? Sun did set

@jwil4286

2 жыл бұрын

@@kaushalmehta8383 Vladivostok and Petropavlovsk are at roughly the same longitude as Australia

1868: everyone : this land is a cool piece of junk! 1890s US:WE GOT THE OIL AND GOLD WHO GOT THE cool piece of junk!!

@Spongebrain97

5 жыл бұрын

That's what this dude forgot to mention. That the general US public referred to the purchase as Seward's Folly because at the time it was seen as a waste of money because Alaska was just a frozen wasteland

@goodman4966

5 жыл бұрын

​@@Spongebrain97i know that US public of the time did not 'like him purchase it!

@jwalster9412

5 жыл бұрын

wow, what humans could make value of some dead organisms some shiny rock

@jwalster9412

5 жыл бұрын

who woulda known

@lawman592

5 жыл бұрын

They also referred to it as "Seward's Polar Bear Garden" which I think is funnier.

With a history full of blunders ,this one is near the top of the list

Man The US is like those guys from antique shows who always find something special for the best bargain imaginable

@williamcox632

2 жыл бұрын

Facts