When Russia sold Alaska to the US in 1867, it did so as a colonial power, a peer of the US imperialist project. It was not transferring “Russian” territory but rather the lands and indigenous peoples of Alaska, whom Moscow had conquered, as chattel.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Russia
2/
HeavenlyPossum /
npub1s0…rzz9t
2024-06-19 11:22:26
in reply to nevent1q…594t
Author Public Key
npub1s029r5gtznh06wkxnae2yud5rps7c2ny9re68xakczxfh9w3pfysfrzz9tPublished at
2024-06-19 11:22:26Event JSON
{
"id": "4686e15d6ad7e5c2ad83b8fe9b3985804615d99889e3628686ce1ff3985d7bf9",
"pubkey": "83d451d10b14eefd3ac69f72a271b41861ec2a6428f3a39bb6c08c9b95d10a49",
"created_at": 1718796146,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"0192fd9958daae593d92f11e267b62e24b421a8fa3410efe0d6f0ec1b46caff2",
"",
"root"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://kolektiva.social/@HeavenlyPossum/112643024227061950",
"web"
],
[
"p",
"83d451d10b14eefd3ac69f72a271b41861ec2a6428f3a39bb6c08c9b95d10a49"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://kolektiva.social/users/HeavenlyPossum/statuses/112643024227061950",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://kolektiva.social/users/HeavenlyPossum/statuses/112643024227061950",
"pink.momostr"
]
],
"content": "When Russia sold Alaska to the US in 1867, it did so as a colonial power, a peer of the US imperialist project. It was not transferring “Russian” territory but rather the lands and indigenous peoples of Alaska, whom Moscow had conquered, as chattel.\n\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_evolution_of_Russia\n\n2/",
"sig": "e479cd4236b15013a25fde3ff996fb77ecb0512f826a6957781394b2c77911466bce31a4609ea0c17af69544749fc9a25a6bce11722931437194d56ff94e3693"
}