So happy America made that purchase back in 1867.
It’s interesting how Russia is now more Christian than America.
Commendable that Russia is looking to its past history to honor religious leaders.
Prior to WWII Japan occupied half of that island along with some of the Kurils which the Japanese still claim. Some of those outlying islands and territories in China Japan took from Germany when it fought with the allies (along with Italy which secured parts of northern Italy from Austria)in WWI.