Ira Dudina came to Alaska in her student years, not intending to stay there for a long time. But she fell in love with this region and has been living in the most non-American state of the United States for 8 years. She told about the peculiarities of life in Alaska to the Afisha Daily. I was born…
Alaska has a number of incentive programs to encourage people to come to this state and stay here forever. The state does not actually pay your travel expenses, but anyone who moves here with the intent to live permanently can claim the Permanent Fund dividend, which ...
A Utah man killed his wife while on a cruise in Alaska and told an eyewitness that she constantly made fun of him, the FBI reports. Kenneth Rae Manzanares, 39, has been charged with the murder of his wife Christy Manzanares aboard the Emerald Princess cruise ship. Employees…
The quick reaction of the 11-year-old boy saved the lives of his relatives, who were attacked by a brown bear, says Juneau Empire. The attack took place in eastern Alaska as 11-year-old Eliot Clarke, his father, uncle and cousin went fishing in the woods. They took with them ...
Far-right Russian nationalists are mourning the 150th anniversary of the sale of Alaska to the United States, calling for the return of the wrongly sold territories. Some historians consider the decision of Tsar Alexander II to sell the rich natural resources of Alaska for $7,2 million—about $125 million in real terms—a gross mistake...
Exactly 150 years ago, on March 30, 1867, the government of the Russian Empire sold its possessions in North America with a total area of 7,2 km² to the North American United States for $ 1 million. Now these possessions are part of the United States under the name Alaska, the transfer of which ...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a report stating that salmon from North America are infected with so-called Japanese tapeworm. Writes about this nbcnewyork.com. Researchers warn that if you eat raw salmon caught in North America, you risk becoming infected ...
The largest oil field appears to have been discovered in Alaska. Caelus Energy Alaska expects that it will produce 200 barrels of oil per day, DW reports. The American company Caelus Energy Alaska announced the discovery of a large oil field in Alaska, possibly ...
I am a photographer from West Palm Beach, Florida. At the age of 12, my dad gave me a Zenit and away we go! First for myself, then for friends and finally professionally. I live through photography, I want to convey life through my works and capture the best...
American linguists Mira Bergelson, Andrey Kibrik and Wayne Lehman discovered and described a relict dialect of Russian in the village of Ninilchik (Ninilchaik) in Alaska. Lehman himself hails from this village, located on the eastern shore of Cook Bay, and does not know Russian, but he paid attention ...