Alaska

Russians from Siberia, venturing eastward, found large numbers of sea otters, whose pelts proved very profitable, and for the next eighty years Russian holdings expanded until all of the present-day state of Alaska was part of the Russian Empire.
 Russia 1784 Alaska

Russians from Siberia, venturing eastward, found large numbers of sea otters, whose pelts proved very profitable, and for the next eighty years Russian holdings expanded until all of the present-day state of Alaska was part of the Russian Empire.