“Russia was in a difficult financial position and feared losing Russian America without compensation in some future conflict, especially to the British, whom they had fought in the Crimean War (1853–1856)”
Will the history repeat itself and Russia be forced to sell some land because of war about Crimea?
It’s better to have tomtit in your hands, than a crane in the sky.
Лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе.
From the benefit of our modern hindsight 20/20 it’s easy to say that Alaskan sale was a bad deal for Russia, but at the time many contempo…
