russia ocupied the north of caucasus about 1850-1870
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Most (if not all) of these regions are still part of Russia (or other countries that were part of the Russian Empire in the XIX century). Does U.S. occupy Texas, California, Hawaii?
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Russia stretches all the way from Europe to Asia. The "middle east" is not stricty defined in Geography but basically means those countries stuck in the middle between asia, europe and africa; maybe that's why they are always fighting!
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The US was purchace from Russia in the mid 19th century.  It was called Seward's Folly because it was believed that there wasn't anything worth having.  If they would have known about the oil, they would have given Seward a medal
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You are all wrong! Napoleon lost the campaign in Russia at the very first battle when he crossed the frontier. He allowed his stepson Eugene to lead the most critical army, but he was not nearly as aggressive as he needed to be. As a result, Bagratian's Russian armies were able to avoid encirclement and destruction. From that point, because the Grand Armee was so big, so cumbersome and made of units from so many different nations, Napoleon was never able to catch the Russians until they were forced for their own reasons to turn and fight at Borodino (Kutuzov knew full well that he would be defeated, but dared not refuse Tzar Alexander). The Russians stayed at Borodino long enough to bloody the Grand Armee's nose but then fled again. Napoleon could run all over Russia with impunity, but no particular piece of land was so important that it could force Alexander to beg for terms. The winter simply turned a defeat from a catastrophe into a calamity.
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Alaska was 'bought' by the US, from Russia, I guess for less than $7.2 million.And that was way back in 1867 !!\n\nI guess the http links pasted here are not working....try out Yahoo search or Google
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It was an imaginary line that seperated the North from the South. Do a google search on the information you're lokking for.
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check this site out\n\nhttp://www.victorianweb.org/history/crimea/florrie.html
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located on the Crimea peninsula of Ukraine (see wikipedia website for details)
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I think this will help you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_of_Nations\n\n(...nobody wanted Russia and nobody wanted communism, so who knows what effect the U.S really had - perhaps a better alternative?...too late for me to think politics! haha).
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Copied from the referenced website:\n\nThe Caucasus Mixed Forests are located at a biogeographical crossroads where flora and fauna of at least three biogeographic provinces converge. Mount Elbrus, Europe’s highest point at 5,642 m a.s.l. Speciation level is high; accordingly, the Caucasus forests have one of the highest levels of endemism in the temperate world. 23 percent of vascular plants and 10 percent of vertebrate are endemic to the region. Landscape and habitat diversity favors high species richness as well-- about 5,000 vascular and 7,000 lower plants (including high mountains), and 700 vertebrate animals are found in this ecoregion (Georgia 1996, Azerbaijan 1998, Armenia 1999). \n\nCharacteristic mammals include the East and West Caucasian tur (Capra cylindricornis and Capra caucasica), chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra), Caucasian red deer (Cervus elaphus maral), wild goat (Capra aegagrus), mouflon (Ovis orientalis gmelini), brown bear (Ursus arctos), and the critically endangered Caucasus leopard (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica). Unsustainable forest use, including poor management and illegal cutting in combination with uncontrolled timber export, represent chief threats for these forest ecosystems.
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moving west too new territories caused more tension between the the north and the south. the reason for this was what would the new states look like slave or free/\n\nthe mexican/american war of 1845\npresident polk election of 1848 54 40 or fight
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<<During the Soviet era, rumor persisted here that Alaska had not been sold at all, but was instead leased to the U.S. for a 99- or 150-year period -- a theory not backed up by any historical evidence.\n\nThe speculation was partly based on the fact that following the 1917 Russian Revolution, the communist government renounced all previous laws and international treaties concluded by the Czarist government, including the Alaska sale.>>
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Protected access to the North Atlantic, via the (if I remember right) the Baltic sea.  \n\nAt one time Poland had been part of the German empire!\n\nAt one time Poland had been part of the Russian empire!\n\nBoth Russia and Germany were still claiming Poland as belonging to them because of that.\n\nThat should give you a starting point!  \n\nAnd almost forgot the Polish ship yards and steel mills. You might also want to instigate the possibility of Poland having oil!
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try this:\n\nhttp://www.waytorussia.net/Altay/Biysk.html\n\nhttp://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0807726.html\n\nthen this:\nhttp://www.flowers-to-russia.com/russia/biysk_st13.html
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It is in CIS (Commonwealth of Indepedent States) which includes:\nRussia \nBelarus\nUkraine\nGeorgia\nMoldova\nArmenia\nAzerbaijan\nKazkhstan\nKyrgyzstan\nTajikistan\nUzbekistan\nTurkmenistan
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I'm not especially well informed on that subject, but I believe archaeological evidence support it.  Bones, DNA, etc. Pottery shards, all that sort of thing.  It's my understanding they crossed a land bridge that used to exist across the Bering Strait,  then the land bridge was gradually eroded away.
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Chief prince (Rosh) Russia\nGog, nations north and east of Israel.\nMagog, lands and nations of Gog.