The Alaska Purchase from Russia by the United States occurred in 1867 at the behest of Secretary of State William Seward. The Alaska Purchase resulted in what is now the U.S. state of Alaska. Alaska locator map; created from PD resource from OMC. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: Росси́я, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. ... Willam H. Seward William Henry Seward (May 16, 1801–October 10, 1872) was United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. ... A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states which have membership of the federation known as the United States of America (USA or U.S.). The separate state governments and the U.S. federal government share sovereignty. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ...

Seward convinced the United States Senate to approve the purchase of about 600,000 square miles (1,600,000 km²) from Russia for US$7,200,000 on April 9, 1867 (the treaty was signed on March 30). The Senate approved the purchase by just one vote. The treaty was negotiated with Baron Eduard de Stoeckl, Russian minister to the United States. For comparison, US$7.2 million in 1867 is equivalent to about US$86.7 million in 2002 dollars. The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The purchase was at the time derided as Seward's folly, Seward's icebox, and President Andrew Johnson's polar bear garden, because it was believed foolhardy to spend so much money on the remote and distant region. However, Seward's icebox eventually paid off in 1896, when gold was discovered by the Klondike River, setting off the massive Klondike Gold Rush in Juneau, Alaska. Alaska has proven to be abundant with natural resources such as petroleum, natural gas, coal, timber, and salmon. President of the United States - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Andrew Johnson ( December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President ( 1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States ( 1865– 1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... General Name, Symbol, Number Gold, Au, 79 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11 (IB), 6, d Density, Hardness 19300 kg/m3, 2. ... The Klondike is a region of the Yukon Territory in northwest Canada, just east of the Alaska border. ... A typical gold mining operation, on Bonanza Creek The Klondike Gold Rush was a frenzy of immigration to and gold prospecting in the Klondike near Dawson City in the Yukon Territory, Canada, after gold was discovered in the late 19th century. ... Juneau redirects here. ... Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 Petroleum (from Greek petra – rock and oleum – oil), crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish flammable liquid, which exists in the upper strata of some areas of the Earths crust. ... Natural gas - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Coal Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground either by underground mining, open-pit mining or strip mining. ... Timber Timber is a term used to describe clusters of trees. ... This article is about the fish. ...

Alaska Day celebrates the formal transfer of Alaska from the ownership of Russia to the United States, which took place on October 18, 1867. Alaska Day, October 18, is the anniversary of the formal transfer of Alaska from the ownership of Russia to the United States. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Currently, Alaska celebrates the purchase on Seward's Day, the last Monday of March. The last Monday in March on which the State of Alaska celebrates the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States. ... For alternative meanings, see March (disambiguation). ...

See also

• List of treaties
• Timeline of United States diplomatic history
• Historic regions of the United States
• Department of Alaska
• District of Alaska
• Alaska Territory

This is a chronological list of important international treaties, agreements, peaces, etc. ... The United States has a rich and complicated diplomatic history. ... These are historic regions of the United States, meaning regions that were legal entities in the past, or which the average modern American would no longer immediately recognize as a regional description. ... The Department of Alaska was the governmental designation of Alaska from its purchase by America in 1867 until its organization as the District of Alaska in 1884. ... The District of Alaska was the governmental designation for Alaska from May 17, 1884 to August 24, 1912, when it became Alaska Territory. ... Alaska Territory was an organized territory of the United States from August 24, 1912 to January 3, 1959, when Alaska became the 49th state. ...

External links

• Text of Treaty with Russia (Alaska Purchase) (http://www.bartleby.com/43/43.html)