Alaska Purchase

Summary

Alaska Purchase is a treaty^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of treaty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,741 views/month, #4 of 1,157).^[2]

Key Facts

• Alaska Purchase's instance of is recorded as treaty^[3].
• Alaska Purchase's instance of is recorded as boundary change^[4].
• Alaska Purchase's instance of is recorded as selling^[5].
• Alaska Purchase took place at Washington, D.C.^[6].
• Alaska Purchase's Commons category is recorded as Alaska Purchase^[7].
• Alaska Purchase took place on March 30, 1867^[8].
• Alaska Purchase's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.895, 'lon': -77.0367}^[9].
• A participant in Alaska Purchase was Russian Empire^[10].
• A participant in Alaska Purchase was United States^[11].
• Alaska Purchase's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• Alaska Purchase's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[13].
• Alaska Purchase's has effect is recorded as Department of Alaska^[14].
• Alaska Purchase's price is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+7200000'}^[15].
• Alaska Purchase's source of transfer is recorded as Russian Empire^[16].
• Alaska Purchase's destination of transfer is recorded as United States^[17].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Alaska Purchase include Alaska^[18], an unincorporated community^[19], in United States^[20].

Why It Matters

Alaska Purchase ranks in the top 0.35% of treaty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,741 views/month, #4 of 1,157).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for it include Alaska^[18], an unincorporated community^[19], in United States^[20].