A native system of weights and measures was used by
Tatars
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different until 1924, but became obsolete when the
Soviet Union
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adopted the
metric system
The metric system is a system of measurement that succeeded the decimalised system based on the metre that had been introduced in France in the 1790s. The historical development of these systems culminated in the definition of the Interna ...
.
The Tatar system shares many units with the
Russian system (e.g. and ), which is close to the English (The
Russian system existed since
ancient Rus', but under
Peter the Great, the Russian units were redefined relative to the
English system.), therefore a is relatively equal to an inch. This list includes their
Tatar language names.
Length
* (дюйм),
thumb = 30 mm
* (вершок) = 44.45 mm
* (
foot)
** 1 = 12 = 304.8 mm
* or (пядь)
** 1 = 4 = 177.8 mm
* (аршин)
** 1 = 4 = 16 = 28 = 711.2 mm
* or (сажень)
** 1 = 3 = 7 = 2.133 m
* (верста)
** 1 = 500 = 1.0668 km
* or
** 1 = 6-7 = 6.400-7.467 km
* (миля),
geographical mile
** 1 = 7 = 7.467 km
* , the distance a horse travels without stops
** 1 = 15–25 km
* , a day of riding
** 1 = 35 = 37.338 km
* , the distance a horse travels in one day, equal to 40–50 km
* , a month of riding, equal to 1120.14 km
** 1 = 1050
Area
*
** 1 = 1
2 = 4.552 m
2
*
** 1 = 3600
2 = 1820.9 m
2
* (десятина)
** 1 = 2400 = 10,925.4
m2 = 1.09254
ha
*
** 1 = = 5462.7 m
2
*
** 1 = 1
2 = 1.138
km2
Volume
* (гарнец) = 3.279
L
* (четверик)
** 1 = 8 garnets = 26.238 L
* (четверть)
** 1 = 64 garnets = 8 Çirektän sigez = 209.91 L
* (ведро) = 12,299 L
* (пудовка)
** 1 , the volume of 16 kg of
water
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*
** 1 = 2 = the volume of 32 kg of water
*
** 1 = 4
Mass
* (допя) = 44.434 mg
* (золотник)
** 1 = 96 = 4.265 g
* (лот)
** 1 = 3 = 12.797 g
* or (фунт)
** 1 = 32 = 96 = 409.5 g
* (пуд)
** 1 = 40 = 16.380 kg
*
** 1 = = 40.951 kg
* (берковец)
** 1 = 10 = 163.805 kg
Tatar
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different
History of Tatarstan
Tatar
The Tatars ()[Tatar]
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different
Tatar units of measurement
Units of measurement by country
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