 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kudiwa kwemuganhu wegungwa kwakavapo pashure pokunge United States yatenga Alaska muUmambo hweRussia. Panguva iyoyo, fariro dzomugungwa dzorudzi dzakanga dzaganhurirwa bedzi kumuganhu wemakiromita matatu. Chibvumirano chokutenga chakataura nezvemuganhu waifanira kuyambuka Gungwa reBering; zvisinei, nokuiswa kwemuganhu wemakiromita 200 neMutemo weGungwa, nhau yemuganhu yakava inokosha, sezvo pasina rutivi rwaigona kubudisa mepu dzaishandiswa panguva yekutaurirana kwekutenga kwokutanga. Uyezve, mativi acho maviri akabvumirana kuti muganhu wacho wakanga wakagadzirirwa kuva mutsetse wakarurama pamepu, asi havana kubvumirana kuti pamepu ipi yaishandiswa: Mercator kana kuti conformal. Ikoku kwakaguma nenharaunda ine makiromita 15 000 mativi enzvimbo ine gakava. Mutsetse wa1990 wakakamura musiyano pakati pemitsetse miviri uye wakaunza nzvimbo dzakakosha dzinoverengeka, dzaive dziri kunze kwenzvimbo yemakiromita mazana maviri, asi umo mativi akasiya kodzero dzavo kumuvengi. Chikamu chikuru chenzvimbo ine gakava muGungwa reBering chakagamuchirwa kuti chive cheUnited States; United States Congress yakakurumidza kubvumidza chibvumirano chacho, asi Soviet Union yakakundikana kubvumidza chibvumirano chacho isati yaparara muna 1991. Vazhinji muRussia vakatsoropodza Mikhail Gorbachev naEdvard Shevardnadze nokuda kwokukurumidza kuita chibvumirano, kubvisa kodzero dzeRussia dzokuredza nedzimwe betsero dzomugungwa, uye kusimbirira pakutauriranazve. United States inoenderera mberi nokuedza kudzora muganhu unopesana nezvikepe zveRussia zvinobata hove, kuitira kuti iunganidze uchapupu hwetsika yenyika yose yokuti chibvumirano cha1990 zvirokwazvo ndiwo muganhu wegungwa pakati penyika mbiri. 