Verst
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| General information | |
| Unit system | Russian units |
| Unit of | Length |
| Conversions | |
| 1 in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| Sazhen | 1±500 Sazhen |
| SI base units | 1.0668 km |
| Mile | 0.6630 mi |
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A verst (/vɜːst/;[1] Template:Langx) is an obsolete Russian unit of length,[2] defined as 500 sazhen. This makes a verst equal to 1.0668 kilometres (3,500 feet).[1]
Plurals and variants
In the English language, verst is singular with the normal plural versts. In Russian, the nominative singular is Script error: No such module "Lang"., but the form usually used with numbers is the genitive plural Script error: No such module "Lang".—10 verst, 25 verst, etc.—whence the English form.
A Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Langx, literally "border verst") is twice as long as a verst.
The verst of the 17th century was 700 sazhens or 1.49 km as against the 500 sazhens or 1.067 km it became at the time of Peter the Great.[3]
Finnish virsta
In Finland, a Script error: No such module "Lang". was 1,068.84 m according to the Swedish standard, defined in 1827 as Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄10 of a Script error: No such module "Lang"., the Finnish language name for the pre-metric Swedish mil, used in Finland since the early 17th century (see Obsolete Finnish units of measurement), or 600 Script error: No such module "Lang". (Swedish fathoms, 1.781 m). Metrication replaced Script error: No such module "Lang". with the kilometre in the 1880s.[4]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."verst". Canadian Oxford dictionary (2. ed.). Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. 2004. ISBN 9780195418163.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hoad, T. F. (1 January 2003). "verst". The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-283098-2.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fisher, Raymond H. (1981). The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev. Hakluyt Society. p. 176. ISBN 0-904180-07-7, citing Dal's Tolkovyy Slovar.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Konu, Mia (2009). Palvelukseen halutaan yksi raitis imettäjä. Notiiseja ja reklaameja 1800-luvun sanomalehdistä (in suomi). Helsinki: Nemo. ISBN 9789522400130.
External links
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