Last Updated: 1 Sept 2003
Bessarabian History continuted......
SQUARE MEASUREMENTS OF LAND
1 desyatina = 2400 sq saxhen or 1,0925 hectares or 2.7 acres
1 square verst = 104.17 desyatina or 1,138 sq km. or 281 acres
MEASURES OF LENGTH:
1 verst = 500 Sazhen = 1.O67 km = 0.663 mile
1 sazhen = 3 arshiu = 48 vershok = 2.134 metres = 7 American . ft.
1 arshin = 16 vershok = 712 millimeters = 28 inches
1 vershok = 44.45 mm = 1 3/4 American inch
MEASURES OF CAPACITY
1 botchka (barrel) = 40 vedro or 4.92 hectolitres or 184,797 gallons
1 vedro = 10 krushka or 12,299 litres
1 tchetvert = 8 tchetveik or 64 garnet or 2,099 hectolitres or 184,797 gallons
1 cubic suzhen = 9.71 cu. m. or 343 cubic feet
WEIGHTS
1 Berkovetz = 10 puc = 163.80 kg = 3.22 ewt. = 361.12 pounds
1 pud = 40 Russian pounds = 16.38 kg= 36.11 American pounds
62 puds = 1 American ton
1 Russian pound = 32 lot = 96 zolotnik = 410 gr = 14.44 American oz.
1 lot = 3 zolotnik = 12.80 gr = .45 American oz.
VERSTS IN AMERICAN MILES
| VERST | MILES | |||
| 1500 | 99.4.30 | |||
| 1000 | 662.87 | |||
| 500 | 331.43 | |||
| 250 | 165.72 | |||
| 100 | 66.29 | |||
| 50 | 33.15 | |||
| 20 | 13.26 | |||
| 10 | 6.63 | |||
| 1 | .663 | |||
AMERICAN MILES IN VERTS
| MILES | VERSTS | |||
| 1500 | 2262.85 | |||
| 1000 | 1508.57 | |||
| 500 | 754.28 | |||
| 250 | 377.14 | |||
| 100 | 150.56 | |||
| 50 | 75.43 | |||
| 20 | 30.17 | |||
| 10 | 15.09 | |||
| 1 | 0.663 | |||
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