Why did Russia sell Alaska to the USA? रूस ने अमेरिका को अलास्का क्यों बेचा था?

Previously Alaska was a part of Russia. And you will be knowing that Alaska has a lot of natural wealth, natural gas, petroleum, gold, diamond everything, despite this Russia sold Alaska to America at the cost of water.

So in today's video we will know about why Russia sold Alaska? What were the reasons that Russia had to sell Alaska? How was Alaska become part of Russia? When and for how much was Alaska sold? You will get to know all this and many more in this video, so stay with us till the end of the video.

In 1867, Russia sold the territory of Alaska to the U.S. for $7.2 million. A mere 50 years later, the Americans had earned that amount back 100 times over. In the 19th century, Russian Alaska was a center of international trade. In the capital, Novoarkhangelsk (now known as Sitka), merchants traded Chinese fabrics, tea and even ice, which the southern United States needed before the invention of the refrigerator. Ships and factories were built, and coal was mined. People already knew about the numerous gold deposits in the area. Selling this land seemed like madness.