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Alaska is the "foundation of the Future Empire" in the United States, the United States in the "Pacific Stone Stone", and the "springboard" of the United States into Asia. ——Beon Secretary of State William West

The name of Alaska comes from Aliu Shen's "Alyeska", which means "great land". Originally, the Russians occupied the land and colonized. However, the trees planted by the Russians made Americans cool.

In order to expand outward, the Danish explorer of Danish explorer in order to expand outward expansion, Bai Ling discovered Alaska. Alaska has belonged to Russia since 1799. In 1804, the Russians had established permanent colonial points on the southern coastal islands of Alaska and set up "Russian American companies". After the 1840s, due to poor management, Russian American corporate debt was high, and he was unable to bear huge costs in managing the management of Alaska.

In the middle of the 19th century, US territory has also expanded to the Pacific coast. In order to further expand in the North Pacific region, the US State Department intends to buy Alaska from Russia. In 1856, Russia was defeated in the Crimean war. It was afraid that Alaska would be snatched by the British because Alaska happened to be next to British colonies Canada. As a result, Russia decided to sell Alaska to Britain's opponents in the United States.

On March 30, 1867, the original bill of Alaska was purchased and stored in the National Archives. The one -Guocu check was signed on August 1, 1868, with a total transaction value of $ 7.2 million. With the entry of this check, the United States completed a transaction behavior of purchasing Alaska from the Russian government.

In March 1857, Tsarist Russia's newly appointed Duke Yagolchakov (1796-1883) received a letter from the Grand Duke of Constantine Nicholaevic to sell Alaska. Nicholasevich wrote: "The United States of America wants to rule the entire North America, and will definitely capture us territories, and we cannot hide them. Besides, these territories bring us the benefits of being very small. Caused an over -reaction ... "Duke Gorchakov did not agree with the betrayal of Alaska and reported the matter to the Tsar. I did not expect that the Tsar Alexander II was very interested in this, and Royal Pen instructed: "This matter is worth considering." The United States and Russia, one wants to buy, and the other is willing to sell. The delay was delayed, and the pressure was ten years.

On March 26, 1867, the Foreign Minister Gorchakov sent a secret message to the Ambassador to the United States: "The emperor is allowed to sell and sign a contract with a price of $ 7 million ... Try to strive to receive the money in the near future. Transfer to Bank of Barin, London. "On the evening of March 29, Russian envoy Edward Det Totor (1804-1892) visited US Secretary of State William West (1801-1872). The Tsar has officially agreed to transfer Alaska. If the United States is willing, it will be able to sign a contract tomorrow. West Word was overjoyed and said, "Why wait for tomorrow, let's sign a contract tonight!" Stekur hesitated a little: "your heads are off work, you have no clerk, and my secretary is also home." "It doesn't matter ! If you can call the secretary together before 12 o'clock in midnight, you will find that I have been waiting in the State Council, and the State Council is ready. "

American comics in 1867. Buying Alaska was strongly opposed by the US Congress. In order to reduce the fierce debate of Congress, "King Andy" (that is, President Johnson) and "Billy" (that is, the Secretary of State Swelad) had to be transported to a large block in Alaska Ice cubes.

At 4 am on March 30, 1867, Sweld signed the "Alaska Treaty Treaty" with Russia without approval by Congress and president in advance (because the foreign language of the Russian royal family was French, so the treaty was not officially official Russian version). Russia sells Alaska of about 1.48 million square kilometers to the United States for the price of $ 7.2 million ($ 7 million and $ 200,000), with an average of less than $ 5 per square kilometer, which is cheaper than buying Louisiana.

Such cheap land transactions have been strongly opposed by the US Congress. Many members believe that after the civil war, it is very difficult to have been in trouble, and the finances are extremely difficult. They should not spend money to buy a desolate land. The Republicans in the wild called this move as "West Ward's Stupid", and compared Alaska to the "Polar Bear Garden" of US President Johnson. Some parliamentarians also joked that they should be forced to live in Alaska and let him feel the "value" of Alaska. After fierce disputes, the two hospitals barely approved by most votes. Due to the obstruction of the opposition, the US House of Representatives failed to allocate funds for the "Alaska transaction" for more than a year. It was not until August 1, 1868 that Russia received a land purchase of Alaska. The Russian Tsar dreamed of it. The distant Alaska, which was cheaply treated as "cheap goods", later became a treasure in the United States, which made the Russians distressed to this day.

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