-
kilometres (3,500 feet). In the
English language,
verst is
singular with the
normal plural versts. In Russian, the
nominative singular is versta, but...
- its
total border of 1,260
versts (1,344 km), the sea
border is 320
versts (341 km). The
border with
Prussia is only 6
versts (6.4 km) long and
lacks natural...
- Слышно за версту: (It) can be
heard a
verst away –
about something very loud Бешеной собаке семь вёрст не крюк: 7
versts is not a
detour for a mad dog – about...
- (present-day Ganja). The area of the
governorate stretched 38,922.43
square versts (44,296.15
square kilometres; 17,102.84
square miles) and was
composed of...
-
governorate from
north to
south is up to 550
versts (590 km), and the
greatest width from west to east was 500
versts (530 km). On the
territory of the former...
-
Kamenskaya 24,659.3
square versts (28,063.8 km2; 10,835.5 sq mi) 455,819 1st Don 1-й Донской
Konstantinovskaya 15,415.9
square versts (17,544.3 km2; 6,773.9 sq mi)...
-
booming metropolis and
Caspian Sea port of Baku. Area (1897): 34,400 sq.
versts, po****tion (1897): 789,659. The Baku
Governorate bordered Persia to the...
-
fairly rectangular in shape, with a
maximum length of 246
versts (262 km) and a
width of 198
versts (211 km). Its
borders were the
Governorate of Estonia...
- south. The land
border was 297
versts (317 km; 197 mi) in the west, 469
versts (500 km; 311 mi) in the north, 75
versts (80 km; 50 mi) in the east with...
- fortress. Most give the
distance upriver from
Tobolsk as 17 or 18 km, or
versts, or ten to
eleven miles, but
others give 23 km.
Sources of the
early 19th...
