In Which Year Russia sold The US State Alaska?

Question

Also why Russia Sold Its Snow Area To USA .Because No Country Sold Its land .

Answer 1

1867 - "Seward's Folly" as it was called at the time. No one understood why anyone would want Alaska. Now we know it is a bastion of oil, too bad we can not get to all of it. Thanks Democrats.

Answer 2

On March 30, 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward signed an agreement with Baron Edouard Stoeckl, the Russian Minister to the United States. The agreement, widely referred to as "Seward's Folly" (and "Seward's Icebox") ceded possession of the vast territory of Alaska to the United States for the sum of $7.2 million. Few citizens of the U. S. could fathom what possible use or interest the 586,000 square miles of land would have for their country.

Answer 3

As mentioned above, we paid a lot of money for land that would have been annexed anyways. Remember the gold rush and the eventual oil explorations came much later. To this day, Alaska remains to have a sparse population, and alaska tends to bribe its people from its oil riches to stay and live their.

Answer 4

April 16, 1867, it was too remote for Russia to dominate.

Answer 5

2005

Answer 6

It was in 1867.

The Russians sold it because it was worthless and it would be impossible for them to defend it against their French and English rivals.

Answer 7

1867. I think Russia needed the money.