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This is a 3 page paper discussing the motivations behind the Russian colonization of Europe and Alaska. The motivations behind the Russian colonization of Europe and Alaska are considered quite different. Primarily, the difference lies in the fact that Russian colonization in Europe is considered to be politically motivated while the Russian presence in Alaska is commercially based. In addition, during the 1700s and 1800s, Russia was extremely powerful in its military, and thanks to the reign and insight of Catherine II, this powerful military was used to further establish Russia’s presence within Europe as its borders expanded to the East and the West to strengthen its power and suppress any revolts and uprisings in the region. Contrary to the political agenda of Russia at the time, private fur traders established a settlement in Alaska. These private traders managed to obtain a charter from Paul I establishing the Russian-American Company and gain sole trading rights in America for twenty years. Despite the entrepreneurship of the traders and the establishment of Orthodox communities in the region, continued political pressures from Europe led to Russia’s decision to sell Alaska to the U.S. in 1867 and thus ending their commercial enterprises in the area.
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Russian colonization in Europe is considered to be politically motivated while the Russian presence in Alaska is commercially based. In addition, during the 1700s and 1800s, Russia was extremely powerful
in its military, and thanks to the reign and insight of Catherine II, this powerful military was used to further establish Russias presence within Europe as its borders expanded to
the East and the West to strengthen its power and suppress any revolts and uprisings in the region. Contrary to the political agenda of Russia at the time, private fur
traders established a settlement in Alaska. These private traders managed to obtain a charter from Paul I establishing the Russian-American Company and gain sole trading rights in America for twenty
years. Despite the entrepreneurship of the traders and the establishment of Orthodox communities in the region, continued political pressures from Europe led to Russias decision to sell Alaska to the
U.S. in 1867 and thus ending their commercial enterprises in the area. Russias motivation for the colonization of Europe is often considered as
different from that of its European counterparts. Historian Michael Khodarkovsky (1999) writes that "unlike the European colonial projects in the Americas and Asia, which were predominantly driven by commercial interests,
the Russia expansion in the Caucasus (and other parts of Europe) throughout the period was motivated primarily by the governments geopolitical concerns" (p. 394). European trading companies such as the
Hudson Bay Company in North America or the British East India Company in India, established trade and commercial control of the colonies before ceding control of the countries to the
British Crown. Russias expansion within Europe however, was one that was more so one of political interest in maintaining the security of Russia and its unquestionable military superiority. After Russias
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