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Border timeline

 * 1818: Spain attacks Fort Ross. The begin.
 * 1822: The Treaty of Brookhaven is signed by Russia and Spain. Russia claims former Spanish claims in the Oregon Country, including territory northwest of the Sacramento-Pit River and west of the 120&deg;25' meridian. Mexico and "Russian Oregon" retain their previous borders (prior to OTL Adam-Onís Treaty).
 * 1825: The Treaty of Saint Petersburg is signed between Russia and the United Kingdom. Both nations agree to form a joint occupation of the Columbia Territory. The southern border is based on the Columbia River, while the northern border is the 54&deg;40' parallel. The treaty also declared that Russia's claim in America was regions west of the Great Divide, up until reaching portions of the Mckenzie River basin.
 * 1832: The Colony Ross is incorporated as the . The border includes the area south of the Rogue River.
 * 1833: All coastal regions east of the Copper River and northwest of 54&deg;40' parallel are incorporated as the . It expands inward and is bordered by the mountains off the coast.
 * 1840: All of Russia's claims west of the Copper River and south of the Yukon-Tanana River are incorporated as the (Baranova/Baranovia).
 * 1850s-60s: Gold is discovered within the Columbia country, causing an influx of Russians, British, and American settlers.
 * 1862: Russia forms the Stickeen Krai as a measure for the Stickeen Gold Rush. It includes all area north of the 54&deg;40' parallel and south of the 62nd parallel (not including the previous borders of New Archangel and Baranov.
 * 1870: With an extensive Russian presents in the region, the United Kingdom sells its claim in the Columbia Country to Russia as a means of gaining compensation for the region. It is transformed into the Columbia Krai.
 * 1875: All territory north of the Yukon-Porcupine River are incorporated as the Oblast of New Siberia.
 * 1897: Russia incorporates the Yukon Krai. It includes all the regions east of Baranov, south of New Siberia, and north of the Stickeen Kai.
 * 1902: Baranov, New Archangel, and New Siberia are reformed into the United Oblasts of Alaska.
 * 1917: The Russian Revolution begins.
 * 1920: The Columbia Krai gains independence as the the Republic of Cascadia (a pro Anglo-American nation).
 * 1921: Portions of Baranov disincorporate themselves from the Oblast to form the pro-Democratic nation of Kenai. It includes areas east of the 155th parallel and south of the Kuskokwim River
 * 1923: Baranov, Dalnerussia, New Siberia, and the Yukon form the Alaskan Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (ASFSR).
 * 1929: All oblasts excluding Dalnerussia and Cascadia reunite to form the Alaskan Federative Republic (Alaska).
 * 1936: Cascadia becomes an Oblast of Alaska.
 * 1959: Dalnerussia becomes an Oblast of Alaska.
 * 1972: Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands are dis-incorporated from Cascadia to become the Oblast of Vancouver.
 * 1982: The Catherine Archipelago, the Alaskan islands in the Bering Sea, and a portion of the Alaskan Peninsula south of the Iliamna Lake are dis-incorporated from Baranov to form the Aleutian Krai.
 * 1997: All Oregonian regions east of the Snake River are incorporated as the Oblast of New Albion.