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A verst (Russian versta, ??????) is an obsolete Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n unit of length
Unit of length

A unit of length is a way of measuring length or distance.Common units of length in the International System of Units are:* metre and its multiples, such as "centimetre" or "kilometre"...
. It is defined as being 500 sazhen long, which makes a verst equal to 3500 feet (1.0668 kilometre
Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
s).

In the English language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, verst is singular with the normal plural versts. In Russian, the nominative singular
Singular

Singular may refer to:* A grammatical number denoting a unit quantity * SINGULAR, a computer algebra system* gravitational singularity* technological singularity...
 is versta, but the form usually used with numbers is genitive plural
Plural

Plural is a grammatical number, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers....
 verst — 10 verst, 25 verst, etc. — whence the English form.






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A verst (Russian versta, ??????) is an obsolete Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
n unit of length
Unit of length

A unit of length is a way of measuring length or distance.Common units of length in the International System of Units are:* metre and its multiples, such as "centimetre" or "kilometre"...
. It is defined as being 500 sazhen long, which makes a verst equal to 3500 feet (1.0668 kilometre
Kilometre

The kilometre , symbol km is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousand metres.Slang terms for kilometre include click and kay ....
s).

In the English language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, verst is singular with the normal plural versts. In Russian, the nominative singular
Singular

Singular may refer to:* A grammatical number denoting a unit quantity * SINGULAR, a computer algebra system* gravitational singularity* technological singularity...
 is versta, but the form usually used with numbers is genitive plural
Plural

Plural is a grammatical number, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers....
 verst — 10 verst, 25 verst, etc. — whence the English form.

A mezhevaya verst (border verst) is twice as long as a verst.

See also

  • Obsolete Russian weights and measures


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