Alaska Purchase
1867 sale of Alaska to the USA by Russia
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Summary
Alaska Purchase is a treaty[1]. It ranks in the top 0.35% of treaty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,607 views/month, #4 of 1,157).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United States[3]
- Instance of: boundary change[4], selling[5]
- Location: Washington, D.C.[6]
- Commons category: Alaska Purchase[7]
- Point in time: March 30, 1867[8]
- Coordinate location: 38.895, -77.0367[9]
- Participant: Russian Empire[10], United States[11]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13]
- Has effect: Department of Alaska[14]
- Price: 7,200,000[15]
- Source of transfer: Russian Empire[16]
- Destination of transfer: United States[17]
- P14541: 1U9dRi[18]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Alaska Purchase include Alaska[19], an unincorporated community[20], in United States[21].
Why It Matters
Alaska Purchase has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]
Entities named for it include Alaska[19], an unincorporated community[20], in United States[21].