The US$ 7.2 million check used to pay for Alaska (equivalent to approximately $ 1.67 billion in 2006) The Alaska Purchase was the acquisition of Russian America by the United States from the Russian Empire in the year 1867 by a treaty ratified
tags: alaska, russia, zar, tzar, tsar, c'sar, usa, 1867
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