Перевести , без онлайн 20 ! a)in the 18th century the russian government sent vitus bering to explore the lands behind russia. one day bering discovered the strait which separated north america from asia. it was named after the discoverer. on a later voyage bering saw the mainland of north america. this discovery gave russia its right to alaska. bering died before he could take the good news back to russia. but chirikov and some other men of bering's expedition came back. the russians explored the north american continent as far north as the arctic ocean. others made settlements or built trading posts as far south as northern california. not long before g. washington became president of the us, the russians made a settlement in alaska. for more than a hundred years trade was carried on between russia and alaska. during this time people from the us became interested in this far northern territory. some american ships sailed to the arctic ocean to fish. others traded with russian settlements. in 1867 the usa bought alaska. it was sold for a little more than seven million dollars. alaska is the largest of all the states of the usa. it is rich in minerals. there are large forests, many animals and much fish there. b)elephants can be a danger to themselves. in one game park they grew in number so fast that soon there were too many of them. they destroyed everything as they looked for food and drink. very soon they started to ruin the countryside belonging to farmers outside the park. so a big hunt had to organize be organized to reduce their number.
