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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chascat, post: 2571846, member: 76792&quot;]From 1732 to 1867, the Russian Empire, ruled by Peter the Great, sent Vitus Bering to the Americas to set up fur hunting camps because of over hunting in Siberia.&nbsp; An outpost was built at Fort Ross, Ca in 1812.&nbsp; They plundered the sea otter for fur, but when profits dwindled, they sold Fort Ross in 1842, and Alaska in 1867 to the United States.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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