Traditional Tatar units of measurement were 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
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
adopted the
metric system
The metric system is a system of measurement that succeeded the Decimal, decimalised system based on the metre that had been introduced in French Revolution, France in the 1790s. The historical development of these systems culminated in the d ...
.
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'
Kievan Rusʹ, also known as Kyivan Rusʹ ( orv, , Rusĭ, or , , ; Old Norse: ''Garðaríki''), was a state in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas of ...
, but under
Peter the Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...
, the Russian units were redefined relative to the
English system
English units are the units of measurement used in England up to 1826 (when they were replaced by Imperial units), which evolved as a combination of the Anglo-Saxon and Roman systems of units. Various standards have applied to English units at ...
.), therefore a is relatively equal to an inch. This list includes their
Tatar language
Tatar ( or ) is a Turkic languages, Turkic language spoken by Volga Tatars, Tatars mainly located in modern Tatarstan (European Russia), as well as Siberia. It should not be confused with Crimean Tatar language, Crimean Tatar or Siberian Tat ...
names.
Length
* (дюйм),
thumb
The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger. When a person is standing in the medical anatomical position (where the palm is facing to the front), the thumb is the outermost digit. The Medical Latin English noun for thumb ...
= 30 mm
* (вершок) = 44.45 mm
* (
foot
The foot ( : feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows locomotion. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made ...
)
** 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
The geographical mile is a unit of length determined by 1 minute of arc along the Earth's equator. For the international ellipsoid 1924 this equalled 1855.4 metres. ''The American Practical Navigator'' 2017 defines the geographical mile as . Gre ...
** 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
Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a ...
*
** 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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