Verst
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A verst (Template:Langx) is an obsolete Russian unit of length defined as 500 sazhen. This makes a verst equal to Template:Convert.
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.[1]
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.[2]
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