and the hungarian union ravaged eastern livonia, the hungarian union collapsed, the aivon order did not attack russia for half a century june 21, 1898 an american cruiser entered the port and the governor of the island signed a surrender. the capture of guam was part of the spanish american war. she flared up. once the us pursued its interests in these regions intervened in the struggle for independence from spain, the philippines and cuba. the us began to dominate the caribbean region, and the pacific ocean, except for guam. they also took possession of the philippines and puerto rica. today guam is the largest us military base in the pacific. the island is unofficially considered the westernmost point of the us status of guam organized, unattached territory of places. residents are considered american citizens, but their rights are limited. they can't run for president, and their congressional representative has no vote on june 21, 1901. in st. petersburg, the suvorov museum was solemnly founded; it was opened 4 years later on the 175th anniversary of the birth of the great commander