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In the early 18ᵗʰ century, Tsar Peter the Great issued a ukase redefining the traditional Russian units of length in terms of the English foot. The sazhen was made equal to 7 English feet, = 3 archines. Each archin was equal to 28 English inches or 16 verchoks. This legal definition was repeated in later years, for example, in a ukase issued on 11 October 1835.
sazhen or sagene |
500 |
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3 |
1500 |
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2 |
6 |
3000 |
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(English foot) |
1 1/6 |
2 1/3 |
7 |
3500 |
|
6 6/7 |
8 |
16 |
48 |
24,000 |
|
0.044 |
|
35.6 |
71.12 |
2.1336 |
1.066678 |
= 1.75 |
= 12 |
= 14 |
= 28 |
= 7 |
0.6629 |
1¾ |
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1 4/21 |
2 1/12 |
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| 1 17/25 |
2 |
3½ |
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| line |
5 |
8 2/5 |
10 |
17½ |
|
10 |
50 |
84 |
100 |
175 |
|
.254 |
2.54 |
1.27 |
2.13 |
2.54 |
0.044 |
= 0.01 |
= 0.1 |
= 0.5 |
= 0.84 |
= 1 |
= 1.75 |
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