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To: SevenofNine

Ummm... Catherine the Great was dead for almost 100 years before the US bought Alaska.

Alexander II was Czar when Russia sold us Alaska, and some say he did it so the British wouldn’t take it from him (the Crimean war—Russia versus Britain—took place only ten years earlier).


75 posted on 06/09/2014 1:14:57 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Alas Babylon!

Is that same Alexander 2 that got killed in terror attack this after he “free” the Serfs I think so


84 posted on 06/09/2014 6:31:43 PM PDT by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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