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Russia sold Alaska to the United States for just $7.2 million, about two cents per acre. Today, many historians and analysts call it one of the greatest strategic mistakes in Russian history. But why ...

Lisa Murkowski’s vote. The so-called Alaska Purchase would maintain existing premium federal tax credits for those purchasing health insurance on the individual market, but only in Alaska and ...

ROBERT J. WALKER, before the Committee directed to investigate the rumors in regard to the Alaska purchase money. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

C.,) alleges that only $5,000,000 was received in Russia of the $7,200,000 Alaska purchase money. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

The Senate approved the treaty of purchase on April 9; President Andrew Johnson signed the treaty on May 28, and Alaska was formally transferred to the United States on October 18, 1867." ...

There was only one problem. Few Americans outside of Seward saw any reason to purchase Alaska from the Russians. To many Americans, Russian Alaska in the 1860s — decades before the discovery of the ...

Alaska Airlines closed its $1 billion purchase of Hawaiian Airlines Wednesday, a day after the federal government removed the last major regulatory obstacle to the deal. Alaska will also assume ...

“As soon as I saw the year and the city, it had to refer to the Alaska purchase,” one trivia buff commented on Twitter. “Very easy final.” The answer to the final clue was William ...

To many Americans, Russian Alaska in the 1860s was little more than empty tundra. | Muring/Wikimedia Commons There was only one problem. Few Americans outside of Seward saw any reason to purchase ...