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Weights and Measurements: The Russian System of Distance and Their European Equivalents

 

 

Inches

Foot

Yard

Mile

Meter (M)

Russian Mile

-

24500

8167

4.64

7468

Verst

-

3500

1167

0.6629

1067

Mezhevaya Verst

-

7000

2333

1.326

2134

Kosaya Sazhen

97.64

8.136

2.712

-

2.48

Sazhen

84

7

2.333

-

2.134

Makhovaya Sazhen

69.29

5.774

1.925

-

1.76

Arshin

28

2.333

0.7778

-

0.7112

Ell

16.54

1.378

0.4593

-

0.42

Vershok

1.75

0.1458

0.04861

-

0.04445

Pyad

7

0.5833

0.1944

-

0.1778

 

 

Placed on the Napoleon Series: September 2003

 

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