Alaska Purchase: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	Walrussia
Date	1867
Participants	Russia • United States

Photos

Alaska Treaty of Cessation

Map of North America highlighting the state of Alaska in orange, showing its location in the far northwest of the United States, separated from the contiguous states and bordering Canada to the east.

William H. Seward

Alaska Purchase

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Topics

United States Alaska Today in History—March 30: Why the U.S. Bought Alaska—When No One Else Wanted It annexation

Key People

William H. Seward

William H. Seward

American politician