Yes, Siberia and Russian Far East look like Alaska or Northern Canada. The fact that they are different countries shouldn't fool us about how they are strikingly similar : they share the same biotopes (taiga and tundra), very look-alike native cultures and the same history of colonization.
Actually it's not odd that Russian tried to colonize Alaska back in the 19th century, it was simply the logical next step to their conquest of the East.
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