Traditional Tatar units of measurement were used by

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until 1924 but became obsolete when the

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adopted the

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. The Tatar system shares many units with the Russian system (e.g. and ), which is close to the English (the Russian system under

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was redefined relative to the English system), therefore a is relatively equal to an inch. This list includes their

Tatar language Tatar ( ; or ) is a Turkic languages, Turkic language spoken by the Volga 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 Tatar ...

names.

Length

* (дюйм),

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= 30 mm * (вершок) = 44.45 mm * (

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) ** 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),

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** 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 m² * ** 1 = 3600 ² = 1820.9 m² * (десятина) ** 1 = 2400 = 10,925.4 m² = 1.09254 ha * ** 1 = = 5462.7 m² * ** 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

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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 Tatar may refer to: Peoples * Tatars, an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" * Volga Tatars, a people from the Volga-Ural region of western Russia * Crimean Tatars, a people from the Crimea peninsula by the B ...

History of Tatarstan

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