The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire by the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million...
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Russian colonization of North America (redirect from Russian Alaska)
United States accepted Emperor Alexander II's offer to sell Alaska. The Alaska Purchase for $7.2 million (equivalent to $157 million in 2023) ended Imperial...
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to purchase Alaska was made in April 1867, the actual purchase and transfer of control took place on October 18, 1867. The cost to purchase Alaska was...
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128-foot totem pole, one of the world's largest, carved in 1967 for the Alaska Purchase centennial. A first-class city, Kake has a mayor-council form of government...
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Alaska (/əˈlæskə/ ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. It is in the Western United States region. The...
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for this land (to both France and the Indians). Alaska Purchase Corps of Discovery Florida Purchase Foreign affairs of the Jefferson administration Franco-American...
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present-day Alaska from the Russian Empire to the United States, which occurred on Friday, October 18, 1867. On March 30, 1867, the United States purchased Alaska...
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action of the sea is directed"). The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia in 1867. In the 1890s, gold rushes in Alaska and the nearby Yukon Territory brought...
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entice Russians to permanently migrate to Alaska; only a few hundred were there in 1867. In the Alaska Purchase of 1867, the land was sold to the United...
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1821, and was inherited by the United States as a consequence of the Alaska Purchase in 1867. The final resolution favored the American position, as Canada...
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