Alaska Purchase

When

30 Mar 1867

Kind

Treaty

Coordinates

38.90° N, 77.04° W

Description

1867 sale of Alaska to the USA by Russia

1867 sale by Russia to the United States

The Alaska Purchase in 1867 resulted in the transfer of Russian America to the United States for $7.2 million. On April 9 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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• Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alaska Purchase: Alaska is purchased for US$7.2 million from Alexander II of Russia, about 2 cents/acre ($4.19/km2), by United States Secretary of State…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das Russische Kaiserreich verkauft Alaska für 7,2 Millionen US-Dollar an die USA”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “les États-Unis achètent l'Alaska à la Russie pour 7,2 millions de dollars”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “посол Российской империи в США Эдуард Стекль подписал в Вашингтоне договор о продаже русской Аляски Соединённым Штатам за 7,2 миллиона долларов”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “el emperador de Rusia decide venderle a Estados Unidos el improductivo territorio de Alaska por 7.2 millones de dólares”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ジョンソン米大統領がアラスカ購入を公表。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page