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  Por Candace Herrera.

El Imperio ruso acababa de perder una guerra desastrosa, la guerra de Crimea.

La pérdida de la guerra de Crimea arruinó al Imperio ruso, agotó su tesoro y debilitó su influencia militar y política durante décadas.

Dado que Gran Bretaña, junto con Francia y Turquía, los derrotó, existía una gran preocupación de que la presencia británica en Canadá condujera a la toma de posesión de Alaska.

Lo último que quería el Imperio ruso era que Gran Bretaña se quedara a sólo kilómetros de su frontera oriental.

No había ningún conflicto político con los Estados Unidos, lo que hizo que vender Alaska a los EE. UU. fuera un compromiso mucho mejor.

Al final, el Imperio ruso consiguió un vecino amigo y necesitaba dinero urgentemente.

Aunque el agotamiento del comercio de focas influyó en cierta medida en la venta, el Imperio ruso era consciente de que los metales preciosos probablemente eran recursos sin explotar en Alaska. El problema era el tiempo. Temían que cualquier hallazgo de oro impulsara a Gran Bretaña a apoderarse de Alaska.

Si no fuera por la falta de tiempo política para aprovechar cualquier descubrimiento de metales preciosos, el Imperio ruso no habría vendido Alaska.

Lo cual nos lleva de nuevo a la ironía actual: Putin, en su deseo egoísta de recuperar el Imperio ruso, está gastando enormes cantidades de dinero y pérdidas militares para intentar conservar la península de Crimea y apoderarse del resto de Ucrania.

 


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Octubre 7, 2024


 

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10 thoughts on “La venta de Alaska”

    • Lyle
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    • SONIA
    • posted on October 7, 2024

    En Alaska hay grandes yacimientos petrolíferos sin explotar. Buena compra no???

    • Academic Johnatan
    • posted on October 7, 2024

    Louisiana purchase from France was quite similar, if not worse for the seller. It costed a bit more but involved 1,5 times bigger territory. Not just the modern Louisiana state, much more. It was almost 1/3 of modern US mainland. Lands not frozen, but good for living.

    • C.J. Millsap
    • posted on October 7, 2024

    It was a smart move at the time because the British Empire was at war with Russia in Crimea. Britain was itching for a fight against Russia and Alaska was a soft target. The reason for selling to the US was that the US would serve as a buffer zone against the British. The British and the Americans weren’t BFF’s at the time.

    • Lucy Banegas
    • posted on October 7, 2024

    Muy inteligentes los americanos por la compra de tan importante y estratégico territorio.

    • Cassidy Yates
    • posted on October 7, 2024

    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

    • The Man who knew too much
    • posted on October 7, 2024

    I just realized that it would cost more to make a Hollywood movie about the Alaska purchase then the actual Alaska purchase

    • Nick Willinka
    • posted on October 7, 2024

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

    • RadioFlyer
    • posted on October 7, 2024

    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 Canada had barely graduated from being a British colony at the time and thus no one even knew or cared it existed.

    • Jim Satt
    • posted on October 7, 2024

    even adjusted to today’s dollar, Buying Alaska was such an unreal win for America. To add that much land and resources to your country without any bloodshed has got to be top ten best deals in history!

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