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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:historical_event
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Alaska_Purchase
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gptkbp:areaTransferred
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586,412 square miles
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gptkbp:buyIn
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:currency
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gptkb:United_States_dollars
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gptkbp:currentLocation
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gptkb:Alaska,_United_States
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gptkbp:date
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March 30, 1867
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Alaska_Territory
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Sale of Alaska (1867)
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gptkbp:impact
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expanded U.S. territory
increased U.S. natural resources
strategic military value
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gptkbp:negotiatedBy
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gptkb:Eduard_de_Stoeckl
gptkb:William_H._Seward
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gptkbp:popularlyCalled
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gptkb:Seward's_Folly
gptkb:Seward's_Icebox
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Russian_America
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gptkbp:priceRange
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$7,200,000
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gptkbp:ratifiedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Senate
April 9, 1867
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gptkbp:reasonForSale
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financial difficulties of Russia
difficulty defending territory
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gptkbp:sells
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gptkb:Russian_Empire
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Eduard_de_Stoeckl
gptkb:William_H._Seward
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gptkbp:transferredTo
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October 18, 1867
Department of War (U.S.)
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gptkbp:treatySignedIn
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gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Russian_colonization_(17th-19th_centuries)
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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8
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