It's debated whether the US has made money off of the purchase of Alaska from Russia or not[0]. The question of whether the US has made a return is not exactly

It's debated whether the US has made money off of the purchase of Alaska from Russia or not[0]. The question of whether the US has made a return is not exactly the same as whether Russia profited off of the transaction (the costs to the US of governing the property may not be representative of what Russia would have paid), but they are related. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase