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The United States of America purchased the Alaskan territory from the Russian Empire on March 30, 1867.

The Russian Empire was previously the Tsardom of Russia (unil the founding of the Russian Empire in 1721). The Russian Empire later became the Soviet Union (USSR) in 1917. (the Soviet Union ceased in 1991)

Before the Russian Empire claimed the land, it belonged only to it's native people. (known as eskimo's)

The name "Alaska" was created during Russian colonial times and is derived from the native Aleut word: alaxsxaq.

(Aleut is the native eskimo language)

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