When you hear that America is in the far west and Russia is in the far east, it comes to mind that the distance between them is near thousands of kilometers, but in fact the distance between your home and work may be much longer than the distance between the United States and Russia, 4 km).
Yes, since the Earth is spherical, the two countries converge in the Arctic, where the Earth is located, specifically between the large islands of Diumed of the Russian Federation and the small island of Dumide of the United States in the Bering Strait. When the United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867, the deal included the small island of Diomed. Thus, the new border between the two countries was drawn and Russia's largest deomide was left.
Although the distance between these islands does not exceed 4 km, although they are in one region, they are independent, separated by the international time line, which also passes on the international border between Russia and the United States.
What's more, Russia's large island of Diumed is ahead of its neighbor for 23 hours because of its international time line, which separates today from yesterday. When it is time on the Russian island it is also time on the American island, but on the first island this afternoon, On the second island of yesterday afternoon, the history is different. If it was on the Russian island of April 14, it will be on the American island on the afternoon of April 13, although they see only 3.8 kilometers apart. So these islands are called the islands of tomorrow and today
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Did Russia discover the Americas, or the North American continent, as Alaska is technically a part of the Americana, right? Indians, Chinese, Asians, immigrated to the new world long ago, but why did Russia stop at Alaska and not expand to more of Canada like thousand years ago or more? Did they get in wars with native Americans in what is now Canada?