| Verst | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Unit system | Obsolete Russian units of measurement |
| Unit of | Length |
| Conversions | |
| 1 in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| Sazhen | 1±500 Sazhen |
| SI base units | 1.0668 km |
| Mile | 0.6630 mi |
A verst (Russian : верста, versta) is an obsolete Russian unit of length defined as 500 sazhen. This makes a verst equal to 1.0668 kilometres (3,500 feet).
In the English language, verst is singular with the normal plural versts. In Russian, the nominative singular is versta, but the form usually used with numbers is the genitive plural verst — 10 verst, 25 verst, etc. — whence the English form.
A mezhevaya versta (Russian : межевая верста, 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." [1]
In Finland, a virsta was 1,068.84 m according to the Swedish standard, defined in 1827 as 1⁄10 of a peninkulma, 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 syli (Swedish fathoms, 1.781 m). Metrication replaced virsta with the kilometre in the 1880s. [2]
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