A Century of War (1900s Alt Hist)

So how about a possible deal between Russia and USA? Russia would like to repurchase Alaska back. It's up to you, ofc.

It all depends on the player of course, but RL and RP facts... let's review them:

If I remember correctly, the Alaskan purchase was done in less than 50 years ago, right? And there's still people who are pretty upset with Stewart and "his icebox". It could be politically unpopular in the nation.

Russia gave up Alaska because of the difficulty of maintaining a colony like that.
It's more viable now I do still have Port Arthur at this point and my possession of Korea gives me perpetual warm-water ports that doesn't freeze over. (and no more Russo-Japanese war!) We did win that war, and quite frankly, I was impossible to be invaded in that situation.

I don't think it's silly for Russia to reconsider the possibility of working on the local economy in Alaska and develop it from a wilderness into a profitable colony just like Russia ia doing that right now with Siberia.

Because the Trans-Siberian Railway doesn't have to go the long way around Manchuria but simply connect to the Chinese East Railway that is being developed in Manchuria... the TSR should be able to get completed quite earlier than RL. And it did get completed early in this RP after all.

And as for the famous Monroe Doctrine about protecting the N. & S. Americas against outside intrusions & invasions. I'm not intruding or invading, right? It's all a matter of diplomatic negotiations.

Also right before the RP began in 1901, the famous Yukon Gold Rush faded our quickly only 1-2 years after prospectors arrived in 1898 in favor of new finds in Alaska which followed the same pattern of rapid boomtown growth, transformation, then collapse in a quick few years too.

At most, some areas last until 1905 or 1906 then gold mining in Alaska wasn't really active until the 1920s when the prices of gold went through the roof and there was introduction of mechanical mining (made possible by steam or even gasoline) and it could only import the mining machines when the local towns had slowly developed their infrastructure then it was made possible to transport them into Alaska.

So at the moment now in 1911, Alaska is dry and faded from the American newspapers' headlines. And funny enough, when the Spanish-American war had happened in RL: "Ah, go to the Klondike!" became a popular phrase to express disgust with an idea for American people to use. Ofc, it's well past that point now.

Who are you and what are you doing here? If you're interested in joining the RP, talk to the GM (best75). There's vacant positions available.

did you forget to talk out getting yourselves or invaded first saying they are not a threat

Uh not really.

Like 7 months out of the whole year, Northern Russia is IMPASSABLE. The same goes for places like Nome, AK (which is basically the northmost city of Alaska) or Canada's Arctic shores. One does not simply sail into the Arctic Ocean.

Don't make me post a picture of Boromir from LOTR in here!

Edit:
Also were you not listening? Even Vladivostok the Southmost Pacific port (in RL Russia) was NOT ice-free all year round. In the modern times, Russia must use ice-breakers frequently to maintain the passage in and out of Vladivostok.

So imagine what's the other side of the Kamatchkita peninsula is like, on the north shore!

Looks like I got through before the change. C: