Verst

Verst
Highway location verst marker in Ruzhany, Russian Empire. Napoleon Orda, 1863
General information
Unit systemObsolete Russian units of measurement
Unit ofLength
Conversions
1  in ...... is equal to ...
   Sazhen   1±500 Sazhen
   SI base units   1.0668 km
   Mile   0.6630 mi

A verst (/vɜrst/; Russian: верста, romanized: versta) is an obsolete Russian unit of length, defined as 500 sazhen. This makes a verst equal to 1.0668 kilometres (3,500 feet).

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