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Russia had been looking for someone to sell Alaska to, as it was proving too remote for them to exploit, and proved more expensive than it was worth. Besides the United States of America, only Britain, specifically the Dominion of Canada, would be potentially interested in the purchase. However, Russian antagonism towards Britain prevented them from selling it to them. In 1897, Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.

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  • History (Japanese Alaska)
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  • Russia had been looking for someone to sell Alaska to, as it was proving too remote for them to exploit, and proved more expensive than it was worth. Besides the United States of America, only Britain, specifically the Dominion of Canada, would be potentially interested in the purchase. However, Russian antagonism towards Britain prevented them from selling it to them. In 1897, Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
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  • Russia had been looking for someone to sell Alaska to, as it was proving too remote for them to exploit, and proved more expensive than it was worth. Besides the United States of America, only Britain, specifically the Dominion of Canada, would be potentially interested in the purchase. However, Russian antagonism towards Britain prevented them from selling it to them. Enter Japan. In 1875, Japan and Russia negotiated the Treaty of Saint Petersburg, under which Japan renounced Sakhalin Island in exchange for the Kuril Islands. The Japanese, now bordering Russian Alaska in the far north, began to take an interest in it. In 1897, Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia.
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