STILL GRIEVING:

Farewell to Alaska (Pravda, 3/14/2003)

Alaska was sold. This piece of news arrived in St.Petersburg 136 years ago....

When the news about selling Alaska became known in Russia, people refused to believe it. Newspapers would write that it was nothing but a mean, disgusting joke upon the Russian society.... As a matter of fact, the dispute is not over even today. So many tragic things have happened in the Russian history, although Alaska is still an issue for professors, students, taxi drivers, and the like. A lot of Russian people often say the following sentence: “What if Alaska remained a part of Russia?” ... as if Alaska was a chance that was taken away from Russian people.

Can't blame 'em, really. I'm still mourning the 1986 World Series. Posted by Paul Jaminet at March 14, 2003 6:17 PM