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Avalanche (later released on VHS and DVD as Escape from Alaska) is a 1999 American disaster film directed by Steve Kroschel and starring Thomas Ian Griffith and Caroleen Feeney. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Cast
Stoeckl signed the Alaska Treaty in March 1867. [5] For successfully carrying out the negotiation, Tsar Alexander II rewarded him with US$25,000 and an annual pension of $6,000. [6] Due to declining health, Stoeckl resigned in 1869 and was made a Knight of the Order of the White Eagle on 20 April 1869.
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The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of Alaska from the Russian Empire by the United States for a sum of $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million in 2023) [1].On May 15 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.
Seward's Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. state of Alaska. This holiday falls on the last Monday in March and commemorates the signing of the Alaska Purchase treaty on March 30, 1867. [ 1 ] It is named for then- Secretary of State William H. Seward , who negotiated the purchase from Russia .
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