High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Russian colonization of the Americas covers the period, from 1732 to 1867, when the Tsarist Imperial Russian Empire laid claim to northern Pacific Coast territories in the Americas. The Russians sponsored expeditions and maintained colonial enterprises in North America to export natural resources from the sea and land for Russia and trading purposes, with supporting settlements and defensive outposts. The colonies were primarily established in present day Alaska, with some reaching to Hawaii and Northern California. In 1867, accepting the Tsar's offer to sell, the United States purchased Russian America for $7,200,000, which is known as the Alaska Purchase. This ended the Imperial Russian colonial presence in North America. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и в информационном сетевом ресурсе "Википедия" в частности. Собранная по частотным запросам указанной...