Verst
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A verst (Template:IPAc-en;<ref name="dict"/> Template:Langx) is an obsolete Russian unit of length,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> defined as 500 sazhen. This makes a verst equal to Template:Convert.<ref name="dict">Template:Cite book</ref>
Plurals and variants
In the English language, verst is singular with the normal plural versts. In Russian, the nominative singular is Template:Lang, but the form usually used with numbers is the genitive plural Template:Lang—10 verst, 25 verst, etc.—whence the English form.
A Template:Lang (Template:Langx, literally "border verst") is twice as long as a verst.
The verst of the 17th century was 700 sazhens or 1.49 km as against the 500 sazhens or 1.067 km it became at the time of Peter the Great.<ref>Template:Cite book, citing Dal's Tolkovyy Slovar.</ref>
Finnish virsta
In Finland, a Template:Lang was 1,068.84 m according to the Swedish standard, defined in 1827 as Template:Fract of a Template:Lang, the Finnish language name for the pre-metric Swedish mil, used in Finland since the early 17th century (see Obsolete Finnish units of measurement), or 600 Template:Lang (Swedish fathoms, 1.781 m). Metrication replaced Template:Lang with the kilometre in the 1880s.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>