verst
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A Russian unit of length equal to 1.067 kilometres used in the past
- noun
- /vɜrst/
- Archaic
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verst
- We still have five versts to go to Mirgorod.
Examples
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Should your characters measure their travels in versts, weight in poods, etc., or should you translate to English measures?
Blog text (7) -
Six or seven versts, my lord.
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"The village is just on the other side of that ridge, a verst or so away.
Fiction book (1990) -
From Tomashpol, that was about five versts.
Fiction book (1991) -
The village is just on the other side of that ridge, a verst or so away.
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We still have five versts to go to Mirgorod.
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From Tomashpol, that was about five versts.
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Etymology
Verst comes from Russian versta, an old name for a stretch of road. One helpful story says versta comes from a word meaning 'a turn' or the distance to the next road marker, which helps you remember that a verst is a unit of distance of about 1.067 kilometres, close to two-thirds of a 'mile'.