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Alaska contains, more or less, [[OTL]] the state of Alaska, plus the Kamchatka peninsula, and the Yukon Province
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Alaska contains, more or less, the [[OTL]] state of Alaska, plus the Kamchatka peninsula, and the Yukon Province
   
 
==History==
 
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After being explored by Russian explorers, [[Czar Peter I]] declared Alaska open for settlement. Many Russian and English settlers began to flock to the gold rich country. When the population boomed, Alaska became an administrative district of the Russian empire. But in order to make some more money in the Russian Tresury, the Rus. Government put a high tarif on Alaskan gold. With there market shrinking,the Alaskan miners declared their independance from Russia on November 12, 1855.In order to quell the rebbelion, Czar Nicholas the I sent troops across the Bering Straight. The Alaskan War Of Indipendance(1855-1857) Had begun.IN two years, and 2,000 lives later, Russia reconized it's former colony. In 1881, it ceded the Kamchatka Peninsula and the modern day Yukon.
After being explored by Russian explorers, Czar Peter I declared Alaska open for settlement. Many Russian and English
 
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==Slavery==
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Though legal, slavery did't cach on untill gold was discoverd in 1829. After that, inuits were rounded up by the hundereds and forced to work in the gold mines. How ever, two yerars after the rebellion, slavery was outlawed.
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==Borders==
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Eastern- Rocky Mountains
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Wesern-Russia

Revision as of 14:38, 7 June 2007

Kingdom Of Alaska
Королевство Аляски
Languages: English
Russian
Capital: Ankorage
Independence from Russia
  Declared 1855
  Recognized 1857
Type of government: Constitutional Monarchy

Alaska contains, more or less, the OTL state of Alaska, plus the Kamchatka peninsula, and the Yukon Province

History

After being explored by Russian explorers, Czar Peter I declared Alaska open for settlement. Many Russian and English settlers began to flock to the gold rich country. When the population boomed, Alaska became an administrative district of the Russian empire. But in order to make some more money in the Russian Tresury, the Rus. Government put a high tarif on Alaskan gold. With there market shrinking,the Alaskan miners declared their independance from Russia on November 12, 1855.In order to quell the rebbelion, Czar Nicholas the I sent troops across the Bering Straight. The Alaskan War Of Indipendance(1855-1857) Had begun.IN two years, and 2,000 lives later, Russia reconized it's former colony. In 1881, it ceded the Kamchatka Peninsula and the modern day Yukon.

Slavery

Though legal, slavery did't cach on untill gold was discoverd in 1829. After that, inuits were rounded up by the hundereds and forced to work in the gold mines. How ever, two yerars after the rebellion, slavery was outlawed.

Borders

Eastern- Rocky Mountains Wesern-Russia