Transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States (1867)
GPTKB entity
Statements (22)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:historical_event
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| gptkbp:alsoKnownAs |
gptkb:Alaska_Purchase
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| gptkbp:areaTransferred |
about 586,412 square miles
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| gptkbp:buyIn |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:currency |
gptkb:United_States_dollars
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| gptkbp:date |
1867
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| gptkbp:followedBy |
gptkb:Alaska_as_U.S._territory
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States (1867)
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| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Alaska
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| gptkbp:negotiatedBy |
gptkb:Eduard_de_Stoeckl
gptkb:William_H._Seward |
| gptkbp:nickname |
gptkb:Seward's_Folly
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| gptkbp:precededBy |
gptkb:Russian_America
|
| gptkbp:priceRange |
$7.2 million
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| gptkbp:ratifiedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Senate
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| gptkbp:relatedEvent |
gptkb:Alaska_Statehood_(1959)
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| gptkbp:sells |
gptkb:Russian_Empire
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| gptkbp:significance |
expanded U.S. territory
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| gptkbp:transferredTo |
October 18, 1867
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| gptkbp:treaty |
gptkb:Treaty_of_Cession
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:City_and_Borough_of_Sitka
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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