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Different Interpretations of the Term “Cede” in the Treaty Concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias to the United States of America
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Different Interpretations of the Term “Cede” in the Treaty Concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias to the United States of America
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Aleksandr Ivolgin 
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Volume 7 Issue 4 (48)
Abstract
The Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America, concluded almost 150 years ago by the Russian Empire and the United States of America, still gives rise to debates about its legitimacy, all the more fierce as the Russian sovereignty over the Alaska peninsula has left the most deep traces both in the social-political and the cultural life of this vast territory. Different interpretations of the Treaty are fuelled not only by the objective geopolitical circumstances that its conclusion had for Russia and the U.S., but also by the linguistic peculiarities of its text, the ambiguous definition of the key notion “cede” being among them. Nevertheless, the analysis of the Treaty from the perspective of the norms of international law of the 19th century indicates its legitimacy and establishes the inconsistency of both the contemporary Russian public initiatives on reincorporating the peninsula under the sovereignty of Moscow, and the claims of the representatives of Alaska Natives regarding the illegality of the document. This fact, however, does not negate the need for cooperation between governments and public organizations of Russia and the United States so as to settle the regional territorial disputes around certain lands (such as Spruce Island) and to preserve the Russian material heritage in the peninsula, which largely determines the Alaskan identity.
Keywords
Russian America, Alaska, history, delineation of areas, international agreement, concession, legitimacy, public initiative
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05.06.2016
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14.09.2016
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