what U.S. state was part of russia for a long time than it has been a part of the U.S.?
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Alaska.  In fact it is the ONLY state that was ever part of the Russia/the Soviet Union.
693750
The US is nothing like the USSR of yesterday.  The fact that you can openly complain about our government shows the difference.  Sure we have our problems here but, Americans really have it good.
741803
<<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.>>
396059
Some countries you can, Some countries you cant. You can get in Russia but you cant in USA
532843
2, usa and russia, coz they're ally.
343885
Hahaha! I like the spirit but perhaps this should be answered by someone unbiased and neutral.. that's me!\n\nWhile the USSR was truly mighty once upon a time, currently the strongest military force on the planet is the USA, whether you like it or not. Russia still has a formidable arsenal but they are certainly not as powerful as the US of A. Also, their economy will not be able to bear the strain of a full fledged modern conflict and so the USA it is again.
517752
I'm not gonna lie most Americans suck horribly in geography to say the least. I'm from Lithuania, and I could probably count how many times somebody knew where that is, most of the time I just get a blank stare, or "Oh, yeah! I know where that is"... hmmm... yeah, sure you do. Some ppl at least guess close enough to say that it's near Russian... Sadly too many think it's part of the Soviet Union... Just one thing, there is no more Soviet Union!
200736
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
920020
First of all, the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia are not the same thing - the former was only part of the latter; the two parts broke into separate countries in the early 1990s (I forget the exact year)\n\nAlso, the Soviet Union never "owned" Czechoslovakia, which remained a separate republic and government.  It did politically control it as a puppet state, however, from 1947 until 1988.  Before then in was independent for a couple of years after being occupied by the Nazis from 1938.
688882
The country to the West of the US state of Alaska is the Russian Federation. To the east, is Canada.\n\nDoes this help?
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Russia            144,978,573\nUnited States     280,562,489
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it really didnt expand..it overtook the baltic states and Alaska but thats about it. Russia was behind technologically during colonialism. Peter the great changed that with the formation of the russian navy and railroads to and from siberia. The new transportation systems allowed the population to reside in cities so they can get their goods shipped in via train and boat.
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at the moment only the good ol' USA is named United States.\nbesides the mexico example you mentioned, I don't know any others that were called United States in the past.
128630
actually, The continental United States refers (except sometimes in U.S. federal law and regulations) to the largest part of the U.S. that is delimited by a continuous border.Specifically, this includes 48 states and the federal capital of the U.S., the District of Columbia; it excludes Alaska and Hawaii
362919
it was a part of the USSR.  It is in western asia, between turkey (to the south) and russia (to the north), and the caspian (to the east) and black seas (to the west.)
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In 1990, when Russia was still part of the USSR (which had its first democratic election in 1989).\nAs an independent country - 1993, I believe (Russian Duma)\nI think I have to add that there was a democratic election in November 1917 (after the October revolution!) to the so-called "founding congress" (учредительное собрание in Russian), which was supposed to prepare a new constitution and organize parliamentary elections. The first session took place on January 5, 1918. However, bolshevicks, who had the actual power at that time, lost elections, they simply dissolved this body on the very next day (January 1918)
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im pretty sure it was always russia, but it became the major part of the USSR a couple years later