Transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States
GPTKB entity
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Alaska_Purchase
|
| gptkbp:currency |
gptkb:United_States_dollar
|
| gptkbp:date |
1867
|
| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Alaska_Territory
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States
|
| gptkbp:involvedCountry |
gptkb:Russia
gptkb:United_States |
| gptkbp:locationTransferred |
gptkb:Alaska
|
| gptkbp:negotiatedBy |
gptkb:Eduard_de_Stoeckl
gptkb:William_H._Seward |
| gptkbp:popularlyCalled |
gptkb:Seward's_Folly
gptkb:Seward's_Icebox |
| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Russian_America
|
| gptkbp:priceRange |
$7.2 million
|
| gptkbp:ratifiedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkb:Tsar_Alexander_II_of_Russia |
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
Alaska becoming a U.S. territory
|
| gptkbp:significance |
ended Russian presence in North America
expanded U.S. territory strategic and economic value for the U.S. |
| gptkbp:treaty |
March 30, 1867
|
| gptkbp:treatyRatified |
October 18, 1867
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sitka,_Alaska
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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