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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 in 2023) [1].On May 15 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.
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Bits and Pieces of Alaskan History: Published over the years in From Ketchikan to Barrow, a department in the Alaska Sportsman and Alaska magazine – v.1. 1935-1959 / v.2. 1960-1974. Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0882401560. McBeath, Jerry et al. The Political Economy of Oil in Alaska: Multinationals vs. the State (2008)
Alaska was controversially purchased by the US from Russia in 1867. ... Today, the entire island only has one town, Mekoryuk. In the 2010 census, Mekoryuk had a population of 191.
Accession Date Area (sq.mi.) Area (km 2.) Cost in dollars Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal government or new states by 1802)
The United States purchased Alaska from Russia; it was designated the Department of Alaska, and corresponds, except for a boundary dispute, to present-day Alaska. [65] The United States Senate approved the purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (US$156,960,000 in 2025) on April 9, 1867.
In 1867, the federal government purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, adding 586,412 square miles to U.S. western expansion. Some believed it would lead toward the annexation of Canada ...
The Colony House, which is managed by the Newport Historical Society, is a Georgian-style building that was completed in 1741. Today, it's the fourth oldest statehouse that's still standing in the ...