zolotnik

[Russian. золотник ]

In Russia, 10^th – 20^th? centuries, a unit of mass, about 4.266 grams (about 65.8306 grains). Also romanized as solotnik.

The name comes from “zoloto,” meaning gold. The unit originated as the weight of a gold coin of the same name, which circulated as late as the 10^th century in Kievan Rus’.