Catherine the Great did not sell Alaska: she died 71 years before the deal.

1796 · 1867 · apart: 71 years

It was Alexander II who sold it to the United States in 1867, for $7.2 million.

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• Alaska Purchase1867 · Sitka (New Archangel). On 30 March 1867 Russia signed a treaty selling Alaska to the United States for $7.2 million. The territory was formally transferred on 18 October 1867 at Sitka (New Archangel).

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