← the globe

A MOMENT IN HISTORY

Alaska Purchase

1867 CE · North America · Politics

Alaska Purchase
Image via Wikimedia Commons

The United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867 for a sum of $7. 2 million. 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.

Read more on Wikipedia →

Available to claim

One person can dedicate this moment - a name and a short note recorded here forever.

Claim this moment