Verst

Verst
Highway location verst marker in Ruzhany, Russian Empire. Napoleon Orda, 1863
General information
Unit systemObsolete Russian units of measurement
Unit ofLength
Conversions
in ...... is equal to ...
   Sazhen   1±500 Sazhen
   SI base units   1.0668 km
   Mile   0.6630 mi

A verst (Russian: верста, versta) is an obsolete Russian unit of length defined as 500 sazhen. This makes a verst equal to 1.0668 kilometres (3,500 feet).