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  The Alaska Purchase The Alaska Purchase was the phenomenon where the United States obtained all of Alaska from the Russian Empire. Alaska was formally committed to the US on October 18, 1867, through a treaty approved by the US senate. Following this process, the Russian Empire handed over the land, but it was worth the effort, as the US gave up a huge sum of money. Russia had created a residence in North America during the first half of the 18th century. However, not many Russians went to live there. Following the Crimean War, the Russian Tsar came to the idea that he should sell Alaska, due to the fact that it would be very difficult to defend from enemy invasions since there aren’t many people there to defend it, especially in a future war that might occur between the former and it’s archrival, the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. Following the end of the American Civil War , U.S. Secretary State William Seward became involved in negotiations with Russian ministe...

  Vlad the Impaler Vlad the Third, or otherwise known as Vlad the Impaler, or Vlad Dracula or Vlad Tepes, was the voivode, meaning military governor or prince, of Wallachia (a region in Romania). He was born in 1431 in Sighisoara, Transylvania, and died in 1476, north of modern-day Bucharest, Romania. He was the voivode of Wallachia in 1448, from 1456 to 1462, and then in 1476. He had earned his name due to his brutal ways of punishing his enemies, which obtained him infamy in 15-th century Europe.    Vlad was the second of four brothers born into the noble family of Vlad II Dracul. His nickname Dracula, which means son of Dracul, is derived from the Latin word Draco, meaning Dragon, was adopted once his father was inducted into the Order of the Dragon, which was created by the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund against the Ottoman Empire. Vlad moved to Targovishte , Wallachia, in 1436 when his father took up leadership of the Wallachian principality. In 1442, Vlad and one of h...