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werst Meaning
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werst (n.)
See Verst.
werst Sentence Examples
- The werst, a Russian unit of distance, is approximately two-thirds of a mile.
- The distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg is about 700 wersts.
- In the 19th century, it took about a month to travel by horse-drawn carriage from Moscow to St. Petersburg, a distance of over 1,400 wersts.
- The Siberian wilderness is vast, with settlements often hundreds of wersts apart.
- The werst was used in Russia from the 11th century until the metric system was adopted in the 1920s.
- The werst is still used in some rural areas of Russia as a rough measure of distance.
- The verst was equivalent to 1.0668 kilometers or 3,500 English feet.
- In the early 20th century, the world's longest railway, the Trans-Siberian Railway, spanned over 9,000 wersts.
- The werst was also used as a unit of land measurement, with one werst equaling approximately 1.16 square kilometers.
- The Russian word "verst" comes from the Old Russian word "versta," which means "turned row."
FAQs About the word werst
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The werst, a Russian unit of distance, is approximately two-thirds of a mile.
The distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg is about 700 wersts.
In the 19th century, it took about a month to travel by horse-drawn carriage from Moscow to St. Petersburg, a distance of over 1,400 wersts.
The Siberian wilderness is vast, with settlements often hundreds of wersts apart.
