XIV RUSSIAN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 



Russian W^eig-hts and Measures. 



The folloAviug tables will serve to define the Eussian weights and measures 

 in terms of the French Metric System, as also in those which are used in the 

 United States. 



I. LONG MEASUEE. 



The lineal measures of Eussia have for a unit the foot, which, according to 

 ;he laws of Peter the Great, is the same as the English foot. 



1 Eussian foot = 1 English or United States foot. 



;. = 12 inches = 120 lines = 1,200 points. 



)> = 0.304794 metres = 30.4794 centimetres. 



1 Eussian arshine i= 16 vershocks = 28 inches. 



> = 2V'3 feet = ^'9 or 0.77778 yards = 0.71118 metres. 

 1 Eussian sagene = 7 feet = 3 arshines. 



> = 2.13356 metres =^ 213.356 centimetres. 



> = 2.333 yards. 



1 Eussian verst = 500 sagenes = 3,500 feet. 



> = 1066.77 metres = 1.06677 kilometres. 



> :r= 0.66269 English miles. 



1 geographical mile = 6.956 versts = 7.420 kilometres, 

 i = 4.601 English miles. 



II. SQUAEE MEASUEE. 



1 square sagene = 49 sq. feet =: 4.5521 sq. metres. 



» =: 0.4444 sq. yards. 



1 dessiatine (Eussian land measure) = 2,400 sq. sagenes. 

 •b = 1.0925 hectars = 2.6997 acres. 



