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A '''verst''' ({{langx|ru|верста|versta}}) is an [[Obsolete Russian units of measurement|obsolete Russian unit of length]] defined as 500 [[sazhen]]. This makes a verst equal to {{convert|1.0668|km|ft|abbr=off}}. | A '''verst''' ({{IPA|en|vɜrst}};<ref name="dict"/> {{langx|ru|верста|versta}}) is an [[Obsolete Russian units of measurement|obsolete Russian unit of length]],<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hoad |first1=T. F. |title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology |date=1 January 2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-283098-2 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780192830982.001.0001/acref-9780192830982-e-16636? |language=en |chapter=verst}}</ref> defined as 500 [[sazhen]]. This makes a verst equal to {{convert|1.0668|km|ft|abbr=off}}.<ref name="dict">{{cite book |title=Canadian Oxford dictionary |date=2004 |publisher=Oxford Univ. Press |location=Oxford |isbn=9780195418163 |edition=2. |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001/m_en_ca0076073 |language=en |chapter=verst}}</ref> | ||
== Plurals and variants == | == Plurals and variants == | ||
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A {{Lang|ru-latn|mezhevaya versta}} ({{langx|ru|межевая верста}}, literally "border verst") is twice as long as a verst. | A {{Lang|ru-latn|mezhevaya versta}} ({{langx|ru|межевая верста}}, literally "border verst") is twice as long as a verst. | ||
<blockquote>The verst of the 17th century was 700 [[sazhen]]s or 1.49 km as against the 500 sazhens or 1.067 km it became at the time of [[Peter the Great]].<ref>Raymond H. Fisher | <blockquote>The verst of the 17th century was 700 [[sazhen]]s or 1.49 km as against the 500 sazhens or 1.067 km it became at the time of [[Peter the Great]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Raymond H. |last=Fisher |title=The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev |publisher=Hakluyt Society |year=1981 |page=176 |isbn=0-904180-07-7 |postscript=none }}, citing Dal's ''Tolkovyy Slovar''.</ref></blockquote> | ||
== Finnish ''virsta'' == | == Finnish ''virsta'' == | ||
In [[Finland]], a {{Lang|fi|virsta}} was 1,068.84 m according to the Swedish standard, defined in 1827 as {{fract|1|10}} of a {{Lang|fi|peninkulma}}, the Finnish language name for the pre-metric Swedish ''[[Scandinavian mile|mil]]'', used in Finland since the early 17th century (see [[Obsolete Finnish units of measurement]]), or 600 {{Lang|fi|syli}} (Swedish fathoms, 1.781 m). Metrication replaced {{Lang|fi|virsta}} with the [[kilometre]] in the 1880s.<ref>Konu | In [[Finland]], a {{Lang|fi|virsta}} was 1,068.84 m according to the Swedish standard, defined in 1827 as {{fract|1|10}} of a {{Lang|fi|peninkulma}}, the Finnish language name for the pre-metric Swedish ''[[Scandinavian mile|mil]]'', used in Finland since the early 17th century (see [[Obsolete Finnish units of measurement]]), or 600 {{Lang|fi|syli}} (Swedish fathoms, 1.781 m). Metrication replaced {{Lang|fi|virsta}} with the [[kilometre]] in the 1880s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Konu |first=Mia |title=Palvelukseen halutaan yksi raitis imettäjä |series=Notiiseja ja reklaameja 1800-luvun sanomalehdistä |publisher=Nemo |location=Helsinki |year=2009 |isbn=9789522400130 |language=fi }}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 16:41, 13 June 2025
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A verst (Script error: No such module "IPA".;[1] Template:Langx) is an obsolete Russian unit of length,[2] defined as 500 sazhen. This makes a verst equal to Template:Convert.[1]
Plurals and variants
In the English language, verst is singular with the normal plural versts. In Russian, the nominative singular is Script error: No such module "Lang"., but the form usually used with numbers is the genitive plural Script error: No such module "Lang".—10 verst, 25 verst, etc.—whence the English form.
A Script error: No such module "Lang". (Template:Langx, 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.[3]
Finnish virsta
In Finland, a Script error: No such module "Lang". was 1,068.84 m according to the Swedish standard, defined in 1827 as Template:Fract of a Script error: No such module "Lang"., 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 Script error: No such module "Lang". (Swedish fathoms, 1.781 m). Metrication replaced Script error: No such module "Lang". with the kilometre in the 1880s.[4]
References
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