The geographical factorGeographical factor (in the broad sense of the word) played a very significant, although mainly negative role in the development of America by the Russians. This factor had a direct or indirect impact on various aspects of Russian colonization, including the economic, demographic, military, administrative-political and cultural-everyday spheres. The conducted analysisAnalysis of the main geographical directions of Russian expansionDirections of Russian expansion in America (first to the eastEast, then to the south and, finally, to the north) makes it necessary to recommend shifting the chronological framework of the reorientation of Russian colonization back several years. The geographical factorGeographical factor and, first of all, such an aspect as the territorial remoteness of AlaskaAlaska from RussiaRussia, influenced the decision of the tsarist governmentGovernment to get rid of its overseas colonies in America. However, this reason for the sale of AlaskaAlaska should not be exaggerated, as is sometimes the case in the works of some scientists. In the final documents related to the cession of RussiaRussia‘s colonies to the United StatesState in 1867, other aspects came to the fore, such as the vulnerability of the Russian colonies in the event of a military conflict, their economic inefficiency, and the grave financial condition of the Russian-American Company, which managed the empire’s possessions in the New World. In reality, the decisive factor in the loss of AlaskaAlaska was the almost complete absence of a permanent Russian population there, and the unfavorable demographic situation that developed in the colonies was only partially dependent on a number of geographical aspects.