- A
verst (Russian: верста, versta) is an
obsolete Russian unit of
length defined as 500 sazhen. This
makes a
verst equal to 1.0668
kilometres (3,500 feet)...
- Слышно за версту: (It) can be
heard a
verst away –
about something very loud Бешеной собаке семь вёрст не крюк: 7
versts is not a
detour for a mad dog – about...
- Tasy
Verst (Armenian: Տասը Վերստ),
Tsaghkadzor (Armenian: Ծաղկաձոր; Azerbaijani: Saxkadzor) or
Onverst is a
village located in the
Shusha District of...
-
Saint Peterburg–Sestroretsk
railway was
constructed as
Shunting loop 2
verst. This
shunting loop was
opened on July 12, 1894,
concurrent with the opening...
-
because of the
linkage between the two units.
Similar units: 1,066.8
metres –
verst, see also
Obsolete Russian units of
measurement 3,200
metres – kosh, used...
- cross-country
trials the
Vezdekhod was
reported to be
capable of a
speed of 40
Verst per hour (42.6 km/h (26.5 mph)) with
simulated armor weight but
proved impossible...
- mile (миля or русская миля,
russkaya milya) was 7.468 km,
divided into 7
versts. The
Croatian mile (hrvatska milja),
first devised by the
Jesuit Stjepan...
-
mesures usuelles system, such that 1 m was
exactly 1⁄2 toise. The
Russian verst was 1.0668 km. The
Swedish mil was 10.688 km, but was
changed to 10 km when...
- li (China) pace (the "double pace" of
about 5 feet used in
Ancient Rome)
verst (Russia) In
everyday conversation, and in
informal literature, it is common...
- bus
station called Chernihiv Ovruch railway.
Narrow gauge railway of 76
versts was laid from the
Kruty station of the
Moscow Kyiv-Voronezh
railway towards...
