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Encyclopedia > Verst

A verst (Russian versta, верста) is an obsolete Russian unit of length. It is defined as being 500 sazhen long, which makes a verst equal to 3500 feet (1066.8 metres). A unit of length is a way of measuring length or distance. ... 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 foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... The metre (American spelling: meter), symbol: m, is the basic unit of distance (or of length, in the parlance of the physical sciences) in the International System of Units. ...


In the English language, verst is singular with the normal plural versts. In the Russian language, the plural for "versta" in the case usually used following numbers is "verst": 10 verst, 25 verst, etc., which explains the origin of the English spelling. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Russian (русский язык  listen) is the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages. ... Plural is a grammatical number, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. ... In linguistics, declension is a feature of inflected languages: generally, the alteration of a noun to indicate its grammatical role. ...


A mezhevaya verst is twice as long as a verst.


See also: Obsolete Russian weights and measures 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. ...


External links

  • Conversion table (http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/abstract/miscellaneous/measurements/c_russian3.html)
  • Traditional Russian measures (http://www.lajzar.co.uk/unit/system/new-ru.html)

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