Old Russian Units
Old Russian units converter: vershok, arshin, sazhen, versta, zolotnik, pud, vedro and desyatina. Conversion with a solution.
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You can only convert units of one quantity: length to length, mass to mass.
The old Russian units converter converts historical measures of length, mass, volume and area into modern units and into each other. It helps to understand sizes and distances in historical documents and Russian literature. Values follow the system used in Russia from the late 19th century.
Units
| Unit | Value |
|---|---|
| tochka (tochka) | 0.254 mm |
| liniya (liniya) | 2.54 mm |
| vershok (vershok) | 4.445 cm |
| pyad (4 vershoks) (pyad) | 17.78 cm |
| arshin (16 vershoks) (arshin) | 71.12 cm |
| sazhen (3 arshins) (sazhen) | 2.1336 m |
| versta (500 sazhens) (versta) | 1066.8 m |
| centimeter (cm) | 0.01 m |
| meter (m) | 1 m |
| kilometer (km) | 1000 m |
| dolya (1/96 zolotnik) (dolya) | 44.43 mg |
| zolotnik (1/96 funt) (zolotnik) | 4.266 g |
| lot (3 zolotniks) (lot) | 12.8 g |
| funt (funt) | 409.51241 g |
| pud (40 funts) (pud) | 16.3804964 kg |
| berkovets (10 puds) (berkovets) | 163.8 kg |
| gram (g) | 0.001 kg |
| kilogram (kg) | 1 kg |
| tonne (t) | 1000 kg |
| shkalik (1/200 vedro) (shkalik) | 61.5 mL |
| charka (1/100 vedro) (charka) | 123 mL |
| shtof (1/10 vedro) (shtof) | 1.23 L |
| vedro (vedro) | 12.3 L |
| bochka (40 vedros) (bochka) | 492 L |
| liter (L) | 1 L |
| square sazhen (sq. sazhen) | 4.55 m² |
| desyatina (2400 sq. sazhens) (desyatina) | 1.0925 gа |
| square meter (m²) | 1 m² |
| hectare (ha) | 10 000 m² |
Example. 3 arshins = 3 · 0.7112 = 2.1336 m, which is exactly one sazhen.
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