USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Edouard de Stoeckl, Russian minister to the United States, negotiated for the Russians. On March 30, 1867, the two parties agreed that the United States would pay Russia $7.2 million for the territory of Alaska . For less that 2 cents an acre, the United States acquired nearly 600, 000 square miles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Russia wanted to sell its Alaska territory, which was remote and difficult to defend, to the U.S. rather than risk losing it in battle with a rival such as Great Britain. Negotiations between Seward (1801-1872) and the Russian minister to the U.S., Eduard de Stoeckl, began in March 1867.

Detailed explanation-3: -On March 30, 1867, the United States reached an agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for a price of $7.2 million. The Treaty with Russia was negotiated and signed by Secretary of State William Seward and Russian Minister to the United States Edouard de Stoeckl.

Detailed explanation-4: -Due to the depleting coffers and 12, 000 casualties in the war, Russia decided to sell Alaska. Russia wanted to control Balkan countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Crimea. They were a part of the Ottoman Empire in the 1850s.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first page of Tsar Alexander II’s ratification of the treaty.