Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924. Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... The phrase Russian Revolution can refer to the following events in the history of Russia. ... The International System of Units (abbreviated SI from the French phrase, Système International dUnités) is the most widely used system of units. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Russian system

Weight

• Funt (фунт) is 409.5124 g
• Pood (пуд) is 40 funt, i.e. 16.3805 kilograms.

Pood (Пуд in Russian) or pud is a unit of mass equal to 40 funt (фунт, Russian pounds). ... The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ...

Length

• Vershok (вершо́к) is 4.45 cm (1¾ inch).
• Pyad (пядь) is 1,778 dm (7/12 feet = 7 inches). Historically it corresponded to the distance between ends of the spreaded thumb and index finger. See also span
  • 1 pyad is 4 vershok
• Chetvert (че́тверть, quarter) the same as "pyad"
• Arshin (арши́н) is 7.112 dm (2+1/3 feet = 7/9 yard).
  • 1 arshin is 16 vershok
• Sazhen (са́жень) 2.1336 m (7 feet).
  • 1 sazhen is 3 arshin
  • Swung sazhen (махова́я са́жень) is 1.76 m
  • Skew (oblique) sazhen (коса́́я са́́жень) is 2.48 m
• Verst, Versta (верста́) is 1.0668 km (3,500 feet)
  • 1 versta = 500 sazhen
  • also the "border versta" (межева́я верста́) equal to 1000 sazhen was in use, to measure land plots and distances between settlements.

Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ... The thumbs up gesture is a sign of approval in many cultures. ... The Index finger The index finger or forefinger is the second digit of a human hand, located between the thumb and the middle finger. ... Span is the width of a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the small finger. ... Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924. ... Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the yard. ... Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924. ... This article is about a foot as a unit of length. ... A verst (Russian versta, верста) is an obsolete Russian unit of length. ... A verst (Russian versta, верста) is an obsolete Russian unit of length. ... This article is about a foot as a unit of length. ...

Area

• Desyatina (десяти́на)
  • State desyatina (казённая десяти́на) is 1.09254 ha (117,600 square feet, about 2.7 acres)
    • 1 State desyatina equals 2400 square sazhen
• Proprietor (владе́льческая десяти́на) (18th, beginning of 19th century) is 1.45672 ha (156,800 square feet, about 3.6 acres)
  • 1 proprietor equals 3200 square sazhen
  • 3 proprietors are 4 state desyatinas

Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924. ... A hectare (symbol ha) is a metric unit of surface area, equal to 100 ares (the name is a contraction of the SI prefix hecto + are). ... An acre is an English measure of land area of about 0. ...

Volume

Dry measures

• Garnets (га́рнец) is 3.28 litres
• Chetverik (четвери́к) is 26.24 litres
  • 1 chetverik is 8 garnetses
• Osmina (осьми́на) is 104.95 litres
  • 1 osmina is 4 chetveriks
• Chetvert (че́тверть, quarter) is 209.91 litres
  • 1 chetvert is 2 osminas

Garnets may have the following meanings Plural for Garnet. Garnets, and obsolete unit of dry volume in Imperial Russia. ... Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924. ... Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924. ...

Liquid measures

• Shkalik (шка́лик, "косу́шка", a small vodka glass) is 0.06 litres
• Charka (ча́рка, "wine glass") is 0.123 litres
  • 1 charka is 2 shkaliks
• Butylka (буты́лка во́дочная, vodka bottle) is 0.624 litres
  • 1 butylka is 1/20 of vedro or 5 charkas
• Shtof (штоф, from Prussian unit Stof) is 1.23 litres
  • 1 shtof is 2 vodka bottles or 10 charkas or 1/10 vedro
• Chetvert (че́тверть, quarter) is 3.08 litres
  • 1 chetvert is 25 charkas or 1/4 vedro
• Vedro (ведро́, bucket) is 12.3 litres. It is not equal to the Imperial bucket.
  • 1 vedro is 100 charkas
• Bochka (бо́чка, barrel) is 491.96 litres
  • 1 bochka is 40 vedros. It is not equal to the Imperial barrel.

Note: The liquid measures were such because of Vodka monopoly in Imperial Russia. Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924. ... Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924. ... Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924. ... The litre (spelled liter in American English) is a metric unit of volume. ... A bucket (bkt. ... Obsolete Russian weights and measures were used in Imperial Russia and after the Russian Revolution until they were replaced in the Soviet Union by a metric system in 1924. ... See Barrel for other uses. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start...

Tatar system

The Tatar system is very similar to the Russian one, but some names are different. Obsolete Tatar weights and measures were used by Tatars until 1924, when they were replaced in the Soviet Union by the SI units. ...

External links

• Traditional Russian measures
• Conversion between various units of all kinds