Old Russian units and their conversion into SI units
| Units of length |
| Point |
0.254 mm |
| Line |
2.54 mm |
| Inch |
25.4 mm |
| Vershok |
44.4 mm |
| Foot |
304.8 mm |
| Arshin |
≈ 71.1 cm |
| Sazhen |
≈ 213.4 cm |
| Verst |
= 500 sazhens = |
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= 1500 arshins= |
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=1066.8 m ≈ 1.07 km |
| Units of area |
| Square line |
≈ 6.45 mm2 |
| Square inch |
≈ 6.45 cm2 |
| Square vershok |
≈ 19.76 cm2 |
| Square foot |
≈ 9.29 dm2 |
| Square arshin |
≈ 0.51 m2 |
| Square sazhen |
≈ 4.55 m2 |
| Desyatina |
10 925 m2 |
| Square verst |
1.138 km2 |
| Units of volume and capacity |
| Cubic line |
≈ 16.4 mm3 |
| Cubic inch |
≈ 16.4 cm3 |
| Cubic vershok |
≈ 87.8 cm3 |
| Shtof (1/10 vedro) |
≈ 1.23 l |
| Garnets |
3.28 l |
| Vedro |
≈ 12.3 l |
| Cubic foot |
≈ 28.3 dm3 |
| Chetvert (for bulk solids) |
0.21 m3 |
| Chetverik |
≈ 0.26 m3 |
| Cubic arshin |
≈ 0.36 m3 |
| Cubic sazhen |
≈ 9.7 m3 |
| Units of mass |
| Dolya |
≈ 44.4 mg |
| Zolotnik |
≈ 4.27 g |
| Lot |
≈ 12.8 g |
| Funt |
= 96 zolotniks ≈ 409.5 g |
| Pood |
= 40 funts ≈ 16.4 kg |
| Berkovets |
≈ 163.8 kg |
| Unit of velocity |
| Verst per hour |
≈ 1.07 km/h ≈ 0.30 m/s |