What is Alaska Purchase?
[[File:Alaska_Purchase_(hi-res).jpg|thumb|The cheque that was used to pay for the Alaska territory: $7.2 million U.S. dollars at the time are about $121 million U.S. dollars in 2015.]] [[File:Parque Eagle River, Anchorage, Alaska, Estados Unidos, 2017-09-01, DD 02.jpg|thumb]] [[Alaska]] was originally part of the [[Russian Empire]]. In 1867, the Russian Empire sold the [[territory]] to the [[United States]]. This is known as the '''Alaska Purchase'''. [[Category:1867 in the United States]] [[Category:19th century in Russia]] [[Category:History of Alaska]] {{history-stub}} {{US-stub}}