How much did USA buy Alaska from Russia?  Using the current price was the value worth it?George?
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$7,200,000 in 1867  Absolutely !
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we were lied to.\n\nWhat is the price of gasoline today?  Who is making record profits from these prices?(not me)\n\nSeems pretty silly to have investigated Clinton's Whitewater losses when you look at Haliburton's gains.....
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27.0900 rubles to the US dollar
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Im from Anchorage Alaska... so I say YES!\n\nDidnt see the second part to your question but I am still stickin with my answer :)
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Ask yourself a question if you were in a climate that allowed other countries rights to be violated at will by any neighboring country with impunity,a country that more resources than your country,would you not look for a way to level the playing field? When Russia was an empire, the U.S. did not dare pull these kinds of ploys because there was a balance. the balance is now gone. Noone holds the administration in check. Do your research!!!  Yes!!Peace.
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Alaska of course. You should look at a map a little more maybe!
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You can ask the US Army Alaska Public Affairs Office at\nhttp://www.usarak.army.mil/pao/contactpao.cfm\nGood idea!
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Sheesh, and I thought the Russians were bad with the "We thought of that first" business! It isn't bad enough that you're trying to get into America illegally and take all the benefits that the citizens have all worked for? They come from our taxes, you know! You're trying to tell us that tvs could be manufactured cheaper down there? Now, you're trying to take our tvs away from us? We're not going to stand for this! it's an outrage!
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Rhode Island - Alaska
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There is no state income nor any state sales tax in Alaska (some localities have a sales tax though).  We put a royality on pumped oil instead.  Some of that money goes into a "Permenant Fund" and dividends ("PFD"s) go out to state residents.  \n\nYou have to have been here for the previous calendar year (or been born in the last calender year) to receive it in October.  This year it was $1106.96 to every man, woman and child.  Just for taking up space.  Not surprisingly, when getting paid to just take up space, that is what some people do.\n\nI'd rather it was used for education and infrastructure, but free money is such a popular concept, it is political sacred and will never go away.\n\nThere was homesteading in Alaska decades ago and it really took off after WWII.  Guys who found it too crowded in North Dakota passed through during the war and wanted to come back.  No longer the case, for many years.  But it lives on in the popular imagination and in various internet /marketting scams.\n\nI do know people who bought 5 forested acres far back on a dirt road for $3,000 or so.  So I suppose there is some truth in the combined concept: Take the free money and use it buy cheap land.  And, if you don't mind a snowy 500-foot dirt-road driveway, shitting in an outhouse at -30F, and heating with wood you cut and split all by yourself, you can live on that land pretty cheapily.  I know people who do that to, but they usually stop when they 1) grow up around age 35 or 2) get/want a girlfriend.  But some keep at it.\n\nHope that helps.
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G'day,\n\nAt http://www.interchangefx.co.uk/currency_converter.htm they allow a conversion from American Dollars to Russian Rubles which suggests that they will do this. If they don't actually do it, they may be able to refer you.\n\nIf you have found an exhaustive online search yields no result, then you could contact your nearest Russian Consulate and ask them for assistance.\n\nGood luck with this.\n\nCheers\nAli\nhttp://www.MarketScience.com.au
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try http://www.economist.com/countries/Russia/profile.cfm?folder=Profile%2DEconomic%20Data\n\nIt states\n\nCurrent-account balance/GDP 2000: 18.04 2001: 10.95 2002: 8.65 2003: 9.02
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Sitka, Alaska, formerly belonged to Russia
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first off the low life that called you a bit.ch was way out of line. and as far as an ak-47 there are many variants of them available. even the russian ones have become available from the manufacturer saiga. most countries have made there own versions. all based on the same design that mikhail kalishnikov designed. if you are looking for a vietnam era ak-47 be prepared to spend some tall cash. $1000+ would be an average combat rifle. a collector piece will run alot more. being in that era im sure youre husband must be very familiar with an m-16. but it is well known that alot of u.s service men took the ak-47s from enemys because they were more reliable. not nearly as accurate though. with the addition of chrome lined chambers and the forward assist the m-16 became much more reliable. they also changed to stick powder which made a vast reliability improvement. www.gunbroker.com is a great auction site for firearms. also shotgun news magazine is a great place to find collector firearms. i hope you find what you want. by the way i have a nice russian saiga with a factory side mount that i will get rid of for a very fair price. email or instant message me if you want more details.
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This was one of the few spectacularly wise purchases ever made in the entire history of world governments.\n\nIf we had not purchased Alaska, it is most likely it would have been purchased by the British, and Canada would be considerably larger.\n\nIf the Russians had retained Alaska, the cold war might have seen missiles based there. The USA would have far less oil reserves, not to mention all the other resources.  The Russians would be even farther ahead of their current position as the world's foremost owners of land and natural resources.\n\nCanada would have had two giants on its doorstep instead of one.  The Russians would be selling more oil to the USA and Japan.\n\nWhat else they would have done in Alaska can only be imagined.  Certainly lots of poorly regulated timber and fishing industries.
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id say keep them money will come...  I'm in Louisville KY- by the end of this summer it will be almost $5 a gallon- its already $2.85+  don't loose it. we still have a untapped source in Alaska.  you know as well as i do that our politicians wont tap it until the rest of the world is dry.  then when they finally do it will be ridiculous. you will be rich.
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i didn't see russia, but maybe you can order online:\nhttp://www.gnc.com/corp/index.jsp?page=storeLocator&clickid=topnav_store_txt