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The US island that once belonged to Russia
Although the US gained control of the Aleutian Islands when it purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867, the Russian Orthodox legacy has survived. Unalaska's Church of the Holy Ascension is one of a ...
The US Army put on a sudden show of force out on the far edge of Alaska to send the message it can as Russia and China partner in the Pacific
The 11th Airborne Division led efforts to deploy artillery and over 130 soldiers to the far tip of Alaska as US rivals conducted massive naval drills.
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Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Helena Pagano’s great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of ...
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US troops finish Alaska deployment amid spike in Russian activity
The deployment to Shemya Island involved soldiers from Alaska, Washington and Hawaii with the 11th Airborne Division and the ...
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Russia Plans World's Longest Undersea Tunnel from Siberia to Alaska
Russia plans to build the world's longest undersea tunnel, a 64-mile transport & pipeline link that would run from Siberia to Alaska and supply ... connecting two islands in the Bering Strait ...